PSBA Summer Picnic
Updated: July 17th, 2009

The Lancaster County Honey Producers have been busy planning this summer's PSBA picnic. The picnic will be held July 25th, at the Lancaster County Central Park, Pavilion #21 in Lancaster with activities also held on Friday, July 24th. Below is a summary of the weekend’s activities.

Picnic Itinerary

Friday, July 24th

  1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Tim and Kelly Miller at 141 North Colebrook Road, Manheim, will open their beekeeping operation for any interested members to visit.

  1:00 p.m. - A tour of Kreider's Dairy Farm, the third largest in Pennsylvania, will depart from Country Inns and Suites on Route 72 about two miles south of Manheim.  The tour lasts about 1.5 hours.  It is free but will require advance reservations. Please contact Robert Singer at 717-626-1103, or email him at romer@dejazzd.com, if interested in attending the tour.

  4:30 p.m. - There is a garden tour that will meet at Country Inn and Suites about 3 miles south of Manheim on Route 72.

  Anyone interested in visiting Al Spoo’s garden ponds with over 1000 varieties of plants and 15 ponds with toads, frogs, turtles, etc. you may make reservations with Robert Singer at 717-626-1103 or email him at romer@dejazzd.com.

Saturday, July 25th

  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Enter your Baked Goods in our Baked Goods Contest. Look for the contest rules and class descriptions in this month’s newsletter.

10:00 a. m. - 10:30 a.m.  Nancy Gamber will be speaking about Dutch Gold Honey and the history of the company.

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Loran Sadler will discuss bee venom therapy

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon  PSBA Executive business meeting. Attention Counties: A representative from each county club or association is requested to attend.

12:00 Noon                    Lunch. Please bring your favorite covered dish.  As in the past, main entrees and drinks will be provided.  BBQ chicken and pulled pork sandwiches are planned.

  1:00 p.m.  - 2:00 p.m.  Al Spoo will talk about native wasps and bees. Al, who has been collecting Mollusks and insects since 1957, has over 23,000 mounted insects and 4800 mollusks from 47 states and Canada.  He has a garden with 15 ponds that extends over an acre, which contains over 1000 varieties of plants. Jack Hubley has dubbed him "the king of wildlife gardeners". 

  2:00 p.m.  - 3:00 p.m. Jack Hubley will be discussing and showing off his Great-Horned Owl along with some other back yard critters.  Jack has been a multi-media advocate for the natural world for more that 25 years.  A lifelong resident of Lancaster County, he has served as Outdoors editor for the Lancaster Sunday News for 18 years and editor of Pennsylvania Wildlife magazine for 10 years.

Also, we would like to have an auction of donated bee-related items to be sold along with the baked goods that are entered in the contest. Please bring your bee-related items with you to the picnic. The proceeds from the auction go to the PSBA Honey Queen program.

We're planning on including games for the children, too.

Come early and spend the day with fellow beekeepers. Hope to see everyone there.     

Lancaster County Honey Producers

 

 

Honey Baked Goods Contest Rules

        These rules follow the general format of the Apiary Products Show at the statewide Farm Show in Harrisburg, EXCEPT entries should not be labeled with exhibitor's name and address.  This is to elimi­nate any possible bias in judging if names were to be identified, since our judge is likely to know some of our exhibitors

        The baked goods must be presented in a non-returnable container and submit two recipe cards with each entry. One for judging (no name on card) and one for PSBA newsletter with name and address.

        1) Entries will be accepted at the PSBA Summer Picnic on Saturday, July 25 from approxi­mately 9:00-11:00 a.m.  Judging will take place at 11:45 and winners will be an­nounced later in the afternoon.

        2) Exhibitors may submit only one entry per class, but they may enter as many classes as they wish.

        3) An entry must fulfill all of the requirements of the class in which it is exhibited.  (see class descrip­tions, below).

        4) All entries will be handled and placed on the show table by the honey show committee.

HONEY BAKED GOODS CLASSES

        The baked goods must use honey for at least 50% or more of the sweetening with the following exceptions: Frostings, fillings, glazes, dusts and meringue may contain up to 100% sugar.  This percentage is in line with the NHB contests.  Mixes and packaged prepared foods are not permitted.

Class 11. Cake (One unsliced cake that may be frosted, unfrosted, filled, glazed or dusted).

Class 12. Cookies >(13 drop, refrigerator, rolled or filled cookies that may be unfrosted, frosted, glazed or dusted); brownies, date bars, baked granola, etc. (that may be frosted, unfrosted, glazed or dusted).

Class 13. Pie (One unsliced pie).

Class 14. Candy (13 pieces.  May be cooked or uncooked).

Class 15. Yeast Breads (One unsliced loaf, coffeecake, tea ring or 7 danish rolls).

Class 16. Quick Breads (One unsliced loaf, coffeecake, tea ring or 7 doughnuts).

Class 17. Jams, Jellies, Preserves, Conserves (One half-pint or one pint in a glass jar, sealed with lid or paraffin).

Class 18. Muffins (7 muffins).

Best Exhibit of Honey Baked Goods
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