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2011 NC State Fair Winners

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

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

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

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

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

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

Todd Walker won 3rd place with his extracted honey

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OCBA Installs Pollinator Garden at Historic Dickson House in Hillsborough


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.

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OCBA Kicks It Through the Goal Post!

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.”

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