The Buzz Newsletter

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2007 IOWA STATE FAIR

I would like to thank the Iowa Honey Producers, the Iowa Honey Queen, Chelsa Bronnenberg, volunteers in the booth and everyone who had entries in the 2007 Iowa State Fair. Your participation is what makes the Apiary Division such a success.

Thanks also to Donna Brahms, Mike Brahms, Steve Brahms, Jerry Kern, and Duane Bower for their work on renovating the apiary area. They spent a long, hot Saturday working on those changes. One of the results is that we are now able to provide some security for the entries once judging has been completed. Also, people are able to get closer for a better view of the exhibits.

Listed below are the results of the judging for the Apiary Division for 2007. There were 31 exhibitors with a total of 129 entries:

CLASS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1 observation hive	Ellie Johnson	Mark Tintjer	Brian Powell	Tim Laughlin	Patricia Stewart
2 6 white comb honey	Tim Laughlin	Donna & Mike Brahms	Mark Tintjer
3 6 comb honey, hard plastic box	Mark Tintjer	Phil Ebert	Dennis Nielsen	Pat Randol	Patricia Stewart
4 6 queenline jars white honey	Mark Tintjer	Tim Weese	Marlene Mogle	Melissa Laughlin	Tim Laughlin	Wicker Van Orsdel
5 6 queenline jars light amber honey	Patricia Stewart	Mark Tintjer	Richard Veit
6 6 queenline jars amber honey	Mark Tintjer	Donna & Mike Brahms	David Laughlin
7 6 queenline jars dark amber honey	Tim Laughlin	Mark Tintjer
8 3 square wide mouth jars of honey	Mark Tintjer	Phil Ebert
9 6 plastic bears	Melissa Laughlin	Tim Laughlin	David K. Cook	Mark Tintjer	Pat Randol	Douglas Hutchison
10 6 hex jars, creamed honey	David Laughlin	Tim Laughlin	Donna & Mike Brahms	Pat Randol	Mark Tintjer	Patricia Stewart
11 6 hex jars, flavored creamed honey	Pat Randol blueberry flavor	Patricia Stewart	Melissa Laughlin	Mark Tintjer	Donna & Mike Brahms
12 frame of honey	Mark Tintjer	Donna & Mike Brahms	David Laughlin	Melissa Laughlin	Marlene Mogle	Fred Mogle

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