Learn how to WIN
BONUS: Bring your refractometer for a free lesson to calibrate it.
DAY: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (2nd Wednesday of every month)
TIME: 7:00 pm panel discussion - socializing begins at 6:30 pm
TYPE: In-Person ONLY
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Agricultural History Farm Park
18400 Muncaster Rd, Derwood, MD 20855
LEARN - How to prepare products of the hive for contests and to generate sales
WHO: Jim Fraser, owner Maryland Honey Company & Lifetime Beekeeper
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SCHEDULE
| 6:30 pm ET | Socializing in-person |
| 7:00 pm ET | Club announcements & "What's Up with the Bees?" |
| 7:30 pm ET | Presentation by Jim Fraser, "Selling and Showing Products of the Hive" |
EVENT DESCRIPTION
EAS Master Beekeeper and Certified Honey Judge JIM FRASER will explain how to prepare products of the hive (liquid and comb honey, pollen, and wax) for the Honey and Wax Show at the 2024 Eastern Apicultural Society conference and the Montgomery County and Maryland State fairs. Attendees are invited to bring jars of honey and products to be tested in his demonstration. He will also explain guidelines for judging non-honey products such as soaps, lotions, gift baskets, and posters.
Bring your manual refractometers! After the presentation, we will calibrate our personal refractometers, under Jim's guidance. Calibration fluid will be provided. Refractometers need to be calibrated annually.
SPEAKER BIO
Jim Fraser is owner of Maryland Honey Company, a small, local, family-owned business located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Jim is a third-generation beekeeper, who learned beekeeping from his father at a young age. Jim manages around 150 colonies of honey bees and provides pollination services for local orchards and farms.
As an Eastern Apiculture Society Certified Master Beekeeper since 2014, Jim believes that education is key to successful beekeeping. Speaking to beekeeping classes, beekeeping clubs, civic groups, and customers at his shop allows him to share his knowledge about beekeeping. Jim is also a Certified Honey Show judge and a former President of the Maryland State Beekeepers Association. He is a Director-at-large of the Montgomery County Beekeepers Association, long-time Superintendent of the Honey and Wax Show at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, and coordinator of the 2024 Eastern Apicultural Society honey show. A usually humble guy, he asked us to add to this bio that he is "dashing, charming, and daring."
