Oregon State Fair Changes: Honey


Oregon state Fair logoOREGON State Fair – Honey & Products of the Hive Show

The 2014 OR State Fair Honey competition is now a separate division. We have been able to get the judging standards and the entry categories modernized. See the Exhibitor handbook for details (www.oregonstatefair.org) .

The Honey show will have 4 divisions of Beekeeping:

  • Photographs (3 classes),
  • Beeswax (4 classes),
  • Extracted Honey (3 color classes – 3 pint or pound jars per entry),
  • Other Honey (5 classes comb/cut-comb/chunk/creamed/extracting frame).

There is no entry fee. Ribbons (1st, 2nd & 3rd) for each class. Two entry levels A. Youth (17 and under) and B. Oregon adult beekeeper.

Here are the important 2014 dates for entering your products:

Entries must be entered ONLINE by August 7

Honey show entries accepted at remote locations (consult Oregon State Fair website for dates and locations – NOTE If using the remote locations the entries MUST be appropriately packaged for transportation and entries CANNOT BE RETURNED to the remote location) or at the Salem Fairgrounds Saturday August 9 (noon to 8 PM) and Sunday August 10 (noon to 8PM).

Judging will be Saturday August 16, the weekend before the fair opens.

State Fair is August 23-September 1 – we will solicit Fair booth volunteers in 3 daily shifts (10-2, 2-6, 6-9). We will have an expanded booth (4 spaces total) with a children’s area set up for youth-oriented education. Several groups have volunteered to take a day for our display.

Contact for specific questions Trevor Riches (email tjriches@gmail.com, Tel. 503 559-0191)   or Dewey Caron (email dmcaron@udel.edu Tel, 302 353-9914). General questions about Fair/other competitions Tel. 503 881-3594 Jun 1 or email  OSF2014@oregon.gov