Birmingham Honey Show 2013

Honey trophies to be won

Mead can't touch or drink

I visited the Birmingham honey show last week. It was held at Martineau Gardens in Edgbaston as usual. It was the sunny of the two day event and I took the kids. They aren't that impressed with Honey shows if you visited some of the smaller ones they are all pretty much the same. A collection of different colored honey, various wax candles, meads, honey cakes all of which you can't try or touch then some interesting pictures, photos or beekeeping articles.



You can talk with various beekeepers and people making products from arty items like rolled candles. You can buy products like lip balm, make up. perhaps soap and candles. Then you have a go at spotting the queen in an observation hive.

Honey Cakes

The one thing that Birmingham Bee keepers do that is interesting is they invite people and organizations that are from differing pursuits into the honey show so that they can advertise and promote other products also. As always they had people from Martineau Gardens who were giving walks and talks about the gardens and wildlife that can be found in the gardens. They have orchards, allotments, a small wood, a coffee shop etc. They had people in a yurt selling books, and telling stories, people selling jam's and the like with produce from the gardens. People selling home made cakes etc.

All in all it was nice, and lots of lovely people, not just the bee keeping fraternity.

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