Provisional Schedule of Classes
Draft Schedule available for download.
- Two 454g jars of light honey
- Two 454g jars of medium honey
- Two 454g jars of dark honey
- Two 454g jars of naturally crystallised honey
- Two 454g jars of soft set honey
- Two 454g jars of Heather honey
- One rectangular container of cut comb honey of min. weight 180g
- One shallow frame of honey ready for extraction
- One jar of honey, to be judged on Taste Alone
- One cake of beeswax of weight between 220 – 280g (exhibit on a white paper plate inside a clear plastic bag)
- Three matching blocks of wax, each of weight 28g (+/- 2g) (exhibit on a white paper plate inside a clear plastic bag)
- Two matching beeswax candles
- Any decorative beeswax item except candle made by any method (May include coloured wax).
- A Beeswax food wrap, up to 30cm square, fabric and beeswax only, displayed wrapping an empty food container
- One bottle of dry mead
- One bottle of sweet mead
- Novice class – two matching 454g jars of liquid honey
- An item of art illustrating any aspect of bees or beekeeping
- One photograph, min. size 15cm x 10cm mounted on A4 card of honeybee or beekeeping interest
- Honey fruit cake made to your own recipe. See note below (Show inside a clear plastic bag on a flat white paper plate or doyley.)
- Honey Fudge, made to a recipe of your choice (Show inside a clear plastic bag on a flat white paper plate or doyley.)
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Prizes
Points will be awarded in each as follows: 1st place - 7 points, 2nd place - 4 points, 3rd place - 2 point
Prizes in all classes: 1st place - £7, 2nd place - £4, 3rd place - £2
Entry fee: £1 per entry up to a maximum of £5 for all classes entered
Bristol Silver Queen Trophy will be awarded to the entrant gaining the highest number of points from classes 1 to 16 inclusive.
Bristol Bronze Queen will be awarded to the runner-up of the winner of the Silver Queen.
Winners of the each of the above trophies will receive a special Bristol Blue Glass prize to take home. The trophies cannot be taken away. An award will also be given to the ‘Best in Show’ from any class.
Bristol Beekeepers Trophies: The Snelgrove Trophy will be awarded to the Bristol BK Member who achieves most points in classes 1—16. Similarly, the Bristol Novice trophy will be awarded to the Novice Bristol Member achieving most points in classes 1 to 17. Rule 10 above applies to this.
Class 20: Classic Honey Fruit Cake Recipe
This class allows you to make a honey cake to your recipe of choice, which must be written on paper/card beside the cake. This will be judged by a small panel of members of the public, on set criteria:
- Appearance
- Overall taste as Cake
- How good is the specifically Honey taste of the cake.
Show inside a clear plastic bag on a flat white paper plate
Class 21: Honey Fudge Instructions
Show a minimum of 10 pieces inside a clear plastic bag on a paper plate. MUST contain Honey, must NOT contain chocolate. Recipe used to be written on card alongside display for the judge. (Show inside a clear plastic bag on a flat white paper plate.)
