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Honey Show 2019 The KHS honey tasting team

Gallery

Gallery

Honey Show 2019 The KHS honey tasting team

Honey Show 2019 The KHS honey tasting team

The youngsters set us a great challenge with several samples of different honeys to taste and try to identify.

Honey Show 2019 Deep concentration during the honey tasting competition!

Honey Show 2019 Deep concentration during the honey tasting competition!

Honey Show 2019 Working out the winner of the blind honey tasting

Honey Show 2019 Working out the winner of the blind honey tasting

Honey Show 2019 The Winner of the tasting!

Honey Show 2019 The Winner of the tasting!

Honey Show 2019  Treasurer Craig Fenton, Chairman John Wilkinson

Honey Show 2019 Treasurer Craig Fenton, Chairman John Wilkinson

Honey Show 2019 Ruth Macadam, Norman Jarvis

Honey Show 2019 Ruth Macadam, Norman Jarvis

Honey Show 2019

Honey Show 2019

Honey Show 2019 Getting ready for judging

Honey Show 2019 Getting ready for judging

Honey Show 2019 Ray Baxter completing an entry card

Honey Show 2019 Ray Baxter completing an entry card

Honey Show 2019 Andrew Mossop and John Wilkinson

Honey Show 2019 Andrew Mossop and John Wilkinson

Honey Show 2019 Ready for judging....

Honey Show 2019 Ready for judging....

Honey Show 2019 The honey jar entries

Honey Show 2019 The honey jar entries

Honey Show 2019 Wax entries

Honey Show 2019 Wax entries

Need we add that the huge cake of beeswax displayed on the wooden board won hands down! It’s REALLY difficult to make one that big without it cracking.

Honey Show 2019 Frames of honey in their display cases

Honey Show 2019 Frames of honey in their display cases

Honey Show 2019 Mead and Baking entries

Honey Show 2019 Mead and Baking entries

The round cake, back right, won (it was utterly delicious) and the recipe will be used for a new entry next time for the best cake from the published recipe.

Honey Show 2019 Enid Brown judging with John Wilkinson assisting

Honey Show 2019 Enid Brown judging with John Wilkinson assisting

Honey Show 2019 The frames of honeycomb being inspected

Honey Show 2019 The frames of honeycomb being inspected

Honey Show 2019 Inspecting a candle

Honey Show 2019 Inspecting a candle

Honey Show 2019 One from each pair of candles is lit to check it works.

Honey Show 2019 One from each pair of candles is lit to check it works.

Honey Show 2019 The show is judged openly so we can all learn what the judge is looking for in each category.

Honey Show 2019 The show is judged openly so we can all learn what the judge is looking for in each category.

Honey Show 2019 One of our novice beekeepers, Edward Withers won both the Howell trophy for novice beekeepers and the Borders Beekeepers Trophy for most points overall.

Honey Show 2019 One of our novice beekeepers, Edward Withers won both the Howell trophy for novice beekeepers and the Borders Beekeepers Trophy for most points overall.

Duns Show 2019

Duns Show 2019

Duns Show 2019

Duns Show 2019

Duns Show 2019

Duns Show 2019

Heather ready for the bees to do their work.

Heather ready for the bees to do their work.

Our heather site at Greenlawdene.

Our heather site at Greenlawdene.

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Using a honey press.

Using a honey press.

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Using a comb cutter.

Using a comb cutter.

Seeing how the section honey is doing at the heather

Seeing how the section honey is doing at the heather

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An apiary visit during the summer.

An apiary visit during the summer.

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An apiary visit is a great time to meet other beekeepers and share information and top tips.

An apiary visit is a great time to meet other beekeepers and share information and top tips.

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Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

Duns Show 2018

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Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Open Judging Honey Show 2018

Open Judging Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

Honey Show 2018

At the heather site 2017

At the heather site 2017

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One of our members hives on the edge of the Eildon Hills

One of our members hives on the edge of the Eildon Hills

Phacelia

Phacelia

Phacelia crop near Maxton, Scottish Borders

Our Hives at Greenlawdean Heather Site

Our Hives at Greenlawdean Heather Site

Heather Moors at Greenlawdean Site

Heather Moors at Greenlawdean Site

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