Orange County Beekeepers Association

Orange County exhibit booth placed 4^th (1^st place-Person, 2^nd place-Wake, 3^rd place- Johnson, 5^th place-Chatham, 6^th place-Franklin)  Orange County gift basket placed 6^th.

Lewis Cauble won 1^st place for his observation hive with honey; 2^nd place for 12 nectar producing plants; and 4^th place for  color print of honey bee.

Donald Cornish won 1^st place for 3 rounds of cut comb honey.

Geneva Greene won 2^nd place for novelty item with beeswax; 3^rd place for display of 12 nectar producing plants; and 5^th place for gift package of bee products.

Marty Hanks won 2^nd place for cosmetic item with beeswax.

Eva Hoke won 2^nd place for her Spice Cake with honey; 3^rd place for honey caramels; 3^rd place for snack food with honey.

Todd Walker won 3^rd place with his extracted honey

Members of OCBA’s gardening crew met at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough on Saturday, Dec 11 at 9 AM to install a wonderful pollinator garden. We cut the sod off of the top, tilled the wonderful red clay, added a healthy dose of compost and tilled that in. We cut a nice edge around the bed and planted some of the bees favorites including varieties of salvia, anise, mint, sedum, aster, and others. After planting, we put a nice layer of double shredded hardwood mulch on top. We look forward to it coming alive as the weather warms in the spring.

Here’s is the results from the fair from Lewis:

“It looks like the OCBA gift basket won a 2nd place.

Geneva went 2 for 2 with the blue. She entered a poster with 12 important honey plants as well as a wax carving of Don Hopkins’ head. Both won blue ribbons.

The OCBA moisturizing cream that we made during the workshop garnered a 3rd place in cosmetics.

The molded taper candles that we made at the same workshop also earned a 3rd place in the wax category.

My observation hive of bees brought a blue ribbon.

My entry of 50 lbs of extracted honey won a 1st place.

Aggie’s caramels won a blue ribbon.

The display won First Place AND Best of Show.”