Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531
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LCBA will be back at the Fair in 2021: come see us in the Floral Building! We'll have our observation hive, many display items, a honey tasting on the weekend, & volunteers to answer your bee questions!
To enter your honey in the official Fair contest, please contact LCBA's Secretary. Entries must be submitted in a Queenline pint jar with no identifying markings. For tips on submitting your honey, click here.
To enter your honey in the People's Choice Tasting Contest (which takes place on Saturday & Sunday of the Fair), please bring a half pint to the LCBA exhibit anytime before 10 a.m. on Saturday, 8/17. Please do not label the honey, but turn it in in a bag with your contact info on a separate paper. Thank you!
Lewis County Beekeepers' Association mounts an exhibit in the Floral Building at the Fair which features:
An Observation Hive
Educational Displays with Volunteers to Answer Bee Questions
2 Honey Contests: the official Fair contest and the "People's Choice Tasting Contest" - a free raw honey tasting for Fair attendees who vote for their favorite!
To see photo galleries of our 2017 exhibit, click here or visit our Facebook page; for our 2016 exhibit, click here; for our 2015 exhibit, click here; for our 2014 exhibit, click here; 2013, click here , here, & here.
Above, winning entries in the official Fair honey judging contest, 2015; below, the People's Choice Tasting:
Above, member Steve Howard with his 2015 Best in Show Honey; below, Dan Maughan's 2014 Best-in-Show Honey:
Below, a refractometer is used to sample the moisture content of honey. Honey must be at or below 18.6% moisture to be true honey.
Above, Michaela, our Queen Bee, & friend watch bees in the Observation Hive; below, LCBA volunteer Mel Grigorich answers a family's questions about bees:
Above, display of a wild honey bee nest (right) and paper wasp nest (left): courtesy of Kevin & Jeanne Reichert & Grant Inmon; below, LCBA Vice President Kevin Reichert wins the 2015 People's Choice Honey Tasting for the 2nd consecutive year:
New in 2016 ~ Bee the Face of the Bee in this photo display board loaned by Tim Weible:
Below, volunteer Bob Lloyd demonstrates bee suit & hive parts:
Above, Community Outreach Coordinator Dan Maughan answering questions about hive parts at the 2014 Fair.
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Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531
fax: N/A
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