Beekeepers of the Northern Shenandoah

Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS) Honey Show and more.

The EAS summer meeting will be held in Burlington, VT.  It will be comprised of a short course and conference. This year it will be on August 13 through 17^th.  Mike Palmer, a commercial beekeeper and well-known lecturer, is in charge of the EAS 2012 Honey Show.  Anne Frey is his publicity person charged with drumming up interest and enthusiasm.

The EAS is an educational organization dedicated to the promotion of bee culture, education of beekeepers, certification of Master Beekeepers and excellence in bee research.  Each summer EAS members can come to the Short Course (2 1/2 days of workshops and bee yard instruction), or the Conference (2 1/2 days of presentations both large and small), choose a single day to visit, or stay the whole 5 days.

Mike and Anne are trying to excite more beekeepers about the idea of putting entries in the Show, whether they are honey, wax, gadgets, mead, beer, baked good or photos.

Anne has put together high-quality presentations and located them all on a Honey Show page on the EAS site, see below, along with clear rules. This way everyone has the same information for exhibiting in the various competitions and the same rules can also be applied to club competitions.  The goal is to get more beekeepers interested in learning how to provide the highest quality products for their customers.  The attention to detail needed to enter a show combined with the careful comments given on the scorecard by judges, allows a person to improve their craft skills immensely.

Check out the new Honey Show webpage on the EAS site and get excited about attending.   See:  http://www.easternapiculture.org

Thanks to Karla Eisen and Anne Frey for the original (much edited) version of this article