Winning At Honey with Stephanie: Creating Award-Winning Beeswax Exhibits
About this episode
Stephanie Slater shares insights on preparing beeswax entries for honey show competition.
In this Bonus Short episode of Beekeeping Today, Stephanie Slater returns with another installment of Winning at Honey with Stephanie, sharing updates from a busy start to summer and offering practical guidance for preparing beeswax entries for honey show competition. Stephanie begins with highlights from the Heartland Apicultural Society Conference at Michigan State University, where attendees enjoyed presentations, vendors, social events, and hands-on apiary experiences. She also recaps teaching a youth beekeeping summer camp for fifth through eighth graders, where the students learned honey bee biology, made lip balm, tasted honey, and practiced simulated mite checks. The main focus of this episode is beeswax competition preparation. Stephanie explains what judges look for in beeswax exhibits, including cleanliness, appearance, aroma, texture, craftsmanship, proper weight, and compliance with show rules. She covers safety when melting beeswax, why lower heat and slower cooling produce better results, and which tools and materials help create cleaner, more polished entries. Stephanie also offers advice on candle molds, cotton wicking, primed wicks, centered wicks, flat bases…
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