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The National Honey Show
30th October – 1st November 2008
International classes and beekeepers' lecture convention
The venue: St George’s College, Weybridge, Surrey KT15 2QS. For directions see Transport
2008 Show Opening Times
Thursday 30th October 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Friday
31st October 9.30 am – 6.00 pm
Saturday 1st November 9.30 am – 4.45
pm
Daily admission: £12.00 (Non – Members) Purchase Membership
Members FREE Accompanied Children, 16 yrs and under, FREE.
Would you like to enter the competitive classes? Download
Show Schedule
View the full Programme and
lecture convention.
Special Offer for New Beekeepers
Once again we are offering
FREE full annual membership of the National Honey
Show to everyone who has joined a beekeeping association since 1st
August last year – or
is about to join during the course of this year. This will entitle you
to visit the Show and attend lectures throughout the whole three days
of the Show. It will also allow you to enter your exhibits in the competitive
classes free of cost.
All you need to do, is to get the Secretary of your association to send me – either by Royal or Contact Form - your name and address. We will then write to you personally - but tell your Secretary that I must have your name and address by 31st July 2008 – after that it will be too late.
But remember, it is your Association Secretary who must take up this offer on your behalf.
In addition to this offer, all first-time exhibitors and those who have not exhibited within the last ten years will not be required to pay any entry fees for the first four classes entered in this year’s Show. H F CAPENER Hon General Secretary
Mailing List
To join the Honey Show Internet mailing list click
here and SEND the message and await for further instruction
to complete the subscription process. For more information about the
mailing list see FAQ's
Slideshows at the 2007 National Honey Show
The music accompanying the slides shows are played on the acoustic guitar by
Steve Mac.
1. Wednesday 17th October PM - staging
the show
2. Thursday 18th October AM - honey judging
3. Thursday 18th October PM - show opens to the public
4. Friday 19th October AM - public sales and traders hall
5. Saturday 20th October - trade and wax
classes
6. Saturday 20th October PM - presentations of trophies and awards
Results available here to download in PDF or EXCEL formats
Publicity Photographs
All the photographs taken at the last National Honey Show as seen on
our slideshows are available on CDROM for publicity use in beekeeping
newsletters, websites, magazines articles and the general press. To
obtain a copy FOC please contact the webmaster with
your full postal address.
Steve
Mac has written and performed an instrumental song on the
acoustic guitar called “A Golden Summer” to celebrate the
75th year of the National Honey Show. MP3 Player requires Macromedia
Flash Player, please install when prompted.
All beekeepers and members of the public are very welcome to attend the Show. The daily admission fee is 12UKP, payable at the National Honey Show booth in the main St George's College entrance, accompanied children 16 years and under are FREE. Members of the National Honey Show have FREE access to the Show over the whole three days as a benefit of membership. It only costs 10UKP to become a Member- for details of joining please see Membership page. The trade stands will be open to the public throughout the Show from Thursday afternoon onwards.
One of the benefits of becoming a National Honey Show Member is a FREE advance copy of the following year's show schedule. For details of membership visit the Membership page.
History of The National Honey Show
The first ‘National Show of Bees & Honey’ was held
in 1923 at the original Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London. Read
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Sponsors
The National Honey Show gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship
of The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers and Mr R Blaxland, former Master
of the Wax Chandlers. Download
article about their activities [28KB PDF].
Bee Craft Ltd - Beecraft: essential reading. www.bee-craft.com Pollination – Integrating
native bees with honey bees.
BBKA www.britishbee.org.uk Varroa
related losses in the UK – an update.
E.H. Thorne (Beehives) Ltd. – helping beekeepers keep bees. www.thorne.co.uk Small
Hive Beetles - the imminent threat?
BBwear www.bbwear.co.uk Queen
Rearing.
Exomite Apis Hive Cleanser for varroa mite (Varroa destructor) Exomite
Apis Colony Collapse Disorder – is it a new threat?
CABK www.cabk.org.uk Bee parasites & their impact on plants & pollination.
