06/13/2025
Hello Lincoln Land Beekeeper Association Members,
The 2025 Illinois State Fair Honey Competition is coming August 7 - 17 this year, The date for the LLBA Professional display is set up on Wednesday, August 6. We will be preparing and our July 10 meeting will be discussing who can provide what and who can help with the setup. The display will be up in the Illinois Building for the run of the 2025 Illinois State Fair. All entries will be returned and you can pick up them up Sunday, August 17 at Noon.
Here is the list of individual required parts of the display. Additionally I have included a "Moisture" chart showing points awarded for moisture range.
Please consider participating since the LLBA is dependent on the competition to support the clubs funding. All honey is returned so there is no cost to donating. It is also a learning experience that helps educate the beekeeper in how to display your honey and prepare it for proper sale to the public.
Steve
2025 Illinois State Fair Competition
Division 1- Bees and Honey, Professional
Class No. Class Description
14694 Display of Light honey, not less than 12 wooden sections
14695 Frame of honey for extracting, either full depth or shallow frame
14696 Frame of light honey for cut-comb or for packing in glass, shallow frame preferred
14697 Frame of amber honey for cut-comb or for packing in glass, shallow frame preferred
14698 Display of amber cut-comb in plastic one pound boxes, 6 boxes
14699 Display of light cut-comb in plastic one pound boxes, 6 boxes
14700 Light comb honey in round sections, 3 sections
14701 Display of light extracted honey, not less than 50 pounds, strained without pressure filter
14702 Amber comb honey in round sections ( 3 sections)
14703 Display of amber extracted honey, 30 pounds, strained without pressure filter
14704 Display of dark extracted honey, 6 one-pound jars
14705 Display of a variety of honey in various size containers, 30 pounds
14706 Display of designs in comb honey and comb building by bees under the control of the apiarist
14707 Light or amber chunk honey in glass jars, not less than 3 jars (2.5 lb. square jars)
14708 Light chunk honey in glass jars, not less than 3 jars (1 lb. round preferred)
14709 Amber chunk honey in glass jars, not less than 3 jars (1 lb. round preferred)
14710 Display of beeswax molded in commercial shapes (not less than 15 lbs.)
14711 Art designs in beeswax (Not less than 10 lbs.)
14712 Color photography, an original 8’’ x 10’’ color apiculture photograph, suitably framed for display
14713 Finely crystalized (Or creamed) honey in 1 lb. glass, not less than 3 containers
14714 Honey gift pack – may be box, basket or other suitable container of apiary products, contents to be 5 lbs. or less
14715 Best Display Booth
First place winner will also receive a plaque and rosette
14716 Sweepstakes (Largest number of points)
Moisture
Range Points
0 – 16.0 20
16.1 – 16.2 19
16.3 – 16.4 18
16.5 – 16.6 17
16.7 – 16.8 16
16.9 – 17.0 15
17.1 – 17.2 14
17.3 – 17.4 13
17.5 – 17.6 12
17.7 – 17.8 11
17.9 – 18.0 10
18.1 – 18.2 9
18.3 – 18.4 8
18.5 – 18.6 7
18.7+ 0 See less
