Sweet success starts with a jar! Think your honey has what it takes to wow the judges? Enter your best golden goodness in the Swain County Agricultural Fair and compete for a blue ribbon! If your bees made it, we want to see (and taste) it! 🐝 Show off your hard work from hive to harvest, and let your honey shine.
Exhibits Received
Check-in/Drop-off: Wednesday, August 19 from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Any entry received after 5:00 will not be judged
Location: Swain County Cooperative Extension, 60 Almond School Road, Bryson City
Exhibit Pick-up: Tuesday, August 25 between 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Swain County Cooperative Extension
Honey Exhibit Information HONEY EXTRACTED CLASS
B006: Light 3 jars (not less than 14 oz. size)
B007: Dark 3 jars (not less than 14 oz. size)
HONEY CHUNK CLASS
B008: Light 3 jars (not less than 14 oz. size)
B009: Dark 3 jars (not less than 14 oz. size)
Rules and Regulations
All honey must have been produced by the exhibitor during the current season.
No entries may be labeled, except with entry tags.
All exhibits must be of required color, quality, and condition in order to receive ribbons.
All extracted honey displayed must be protected from honeybees and other insects.
Glass, or other suitable transparent materials are recommended for this purpose.
Awards
Blue Ribbon (1st Place)
Red Ribbon (2nd Place)
White Ribbon (3rd place)
Purple Ribbon (Best in Show)
Factors to be Considered in Judging Honey, Extracted
Density (moisture content over 18.6% DISQUALIFIED)=15
Absence of granulation or crystallization=10
Cleanliness=35 (absence of lint =8, dirt =12, wax =9, and foam =6)
Flavor: absence of overheating or fermentation=20
Accuracy of filling and uniformity=10
Container appearance=10
TOTAL=100
Honey, Chunk
Density of liquid portion (moisture content over 18.6% DISQUALIFIED)=10
Cleanliness of liquid portion: absence of foam, dirt, was, and crystallization=20
Neatness of comb cut: ragged edges, parallel cuts and uniformity of size of cut=20
Absence of watery capping, uncapped cells and pollen cells=15
Cleanliness: lack of travel stain and foreign matter in comb=15
Uniformity of appearance includes containers, cut comb, liquid honey and contents in jars=20
