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Preparing for a Honey Show (2) – Beeswax
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2026 Honey Show
Our annual Honey Show, run to National Honey Show rules, is where beekeepers and others submit their honey, wax items, cookery and craft items related to bees and beekeeping for judging by experienced judges, with rosettes and trophies awarded to winners. There are entry classes not only for our members but also for other beekeepers and the public.
For more information see here.
2025 Honey Show and Festival
Our annual Honey Show, run to National Honey Show rules, is where beekeepers and others submit their honey, wax items, cookery and craft items related to bees and beekeeping for judging by experienced judges, with rosettes and trophies awarded to winners. There are entry classes not only for our members but also for other beekeepers and the public.
Our Honey Festival (10.30am to 4pm) is a fun day for all with stalls and talks throughout the day. Tasting and sales of local honey are always popular. There will be live bees on display, children’s crafts, candle rolling, talks such as “So You Want To Be A Beekeeper” and “Gardening For Bees”. Do come along, we would love to see you.
See the Honey Show page for more details including how to enter
Bedfordshire Beekeepers’ Association’s Honey Show and Festival
Our annual Honey Show, run to National Honey Show rules, is where beekeepers and others submit their honey, wax items, cookery and craft items related to bees and beekeeping for judging by experienced judges, with rosettes and trophies awarded to winners. There are entry classes not only for our members but also for other beekeepers and the public. See here for details.
Our Honey Festival (11am to 4pm) is a fun day for all with stalls and talks throughout the day. Tasting and sales of local honey are always popular. There will be live bees on display, facepainting, apple pressing, candle rolling and more. Talks will include “The Secret Life of Bees”, “Mead Making”, “So You Want To Be A Beekeeper” and “Gardening For Bees”.
Do come along, we would love to see you.
Annual Honey Show and Festival
Beds BKA Virtual Honey Show 2020
It is with great regret that owing to the ongoing situation with the Covid-19 pandemic that the Trustees of Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association have taken the difficult decision to cancel the annual honey show for 2020. However, we have decided to run a Virtual honey show. Whilst we realise that this will not be able to replace the social aspects associated with the show, it does allow members to share their “exhibits” with other beekeepers in a safe environment. The aim will be to allow individuals to demonstrate their skills and has the additional benefit that it should produce material that can benefit others by being shared via the Beds BKA website, the Yearbook and for educational purposes (such as training new beekeepers and informing the public at future events).
Register your intention to enter classes by midnight on 28th October 2020
All Electronic Entries must be posted (as instructed) by midnight on Friday 30th October 2020
Results will be published on Saturday 7th November 2020
Honey Show – Honey Festival
Woburn Abbey courtyard and gardens provided a beautiful setting for a new event in our calendar, the Honey Festival on Saturday 30 September. A wide range of stalls were there to appeal to visiting members of the public, including the ever-popular observation have, skep-making with Ray Smith, and a much-frequented display of local honeys and other edibles for tasting and purchase. Many members of the Association ran the stalls or helped to talk to the 450 or so visitors, who also had full access to the Honey Show inside.
Around 10% of members entered for the Show this year, with over 250 items. The judges praised the excellent organisation and overall quality of the entries. One of the many eye-catching and prize-winning items was a nativity scene ingeniously constructed from beekeeping materials, with figures cast in beeswax from a church apiary, using moulds specially made from models hand-carved in Bethlehem.
Show Secretary Fiona Cook commented: “Woburn Abbey was very happy to have hosted Beds BKA, and we were delighted to be there. The very friendly, positive atmosphere has received much comment. It seemed to come about from a combination of the welcoming and very professional staff at Woburn and our own ethos and teamwork as a charity, with so many willing helpers.”
Another ingredient may have been the real interest and willingness to engage with bees and beekeeping on the part of visitors: the public attitude has really changed in a very positive direction.
We hope to return to Woburn next year, perhaps in early September in the hope of warmer weather, and on a Sunday, perhaps with other rural crafts represented.