General Rules for the Chautauqua/Workshop Judging of Bee Related Items:

• Anyone may enter.
• The judge(s) reserves the right to limit the number of entries on a first-come, first-admitted basis.
• There are fourteen show classes:
  • Extracted honey: Light
  • Extracted honey: Amber
  • Extracted honey: Dark
  • Chunk honey (honey in comb in jar with liquid honey)
  • Black jar (honey in a black jar)
  • Cut-comb (honey in comb in plastic container)
  • Creamed honey
  • Beeswax cake (a single molded piece of two pounds or more)
  • Meade
  • Candle (poured or dipped, straight or ornamental)
  • Original bee-related photography
  • Original bee related art
  • Beekeeping gadgets
  • Gift packs
• Contestants may enter in any or all classes, but may enter only once per class.
• The same honey cannot be entered in both the black jar class and another extracted honey class.
• All entries must have been produced by the submitter and within the last 12 months.
  • This 12 month restriction does not apply to entries in photography, art, and gadgets.
• All entries for honey and candles except for the black jar class must be submitted in triplicate: i.e., three matching jars of honey, three boxes of cut-comb, or three candles of same type (poured or ornamental).
• Black jar entry is a single (one) glass jar to be provided by the judge(s).
• Submit extracted honey in one pound queenline glass jars.
• Submit chunk honey in standard one pound wide mouth glass jars with straight sides. Insert only one piece of comb in jar.
• The sole criterion in the black jar class is flavor. Your entry will be placed on shelf by staff.
• Only one jar of honey of honey is needed for the black jar category.
• Submit creamed honey in a clear container or jar.
• Beeswax must be pure beeswax.
• Meade must be submitted in a clear, standard 750 ml bottle with a fully inserted cork, no label.
• Art and photography must be presented in a self-standing frame, and each accompanied with a 3″ x 5″ card giving the title and brief story behind the piece.
• Each gadget must be accompanied with a 3″ x 5″ card explaining its use.
• Gift packs have to have product(s) of the hive along with a card explaining what the product is and when it was produced.
• Do not put a Producer label any of the products in any way: an identifying code sticker will be assigned to your entry at registration.
• All entries must be submitted by 9:00 am on the day of judging.
• Judging criteria are selected at the discretion of the Judge(s), and the decision of Judge(s) is final.
• (There was a $3.00 entry fee for each category, but the fee has been waived due to a generous donation of a beekeeper.)