Apimondia Honey Show

[Michael Palmer]

I just read that there will be no honey show in 2025. Really? Well that stinks.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Why on earth?
Wasn’t it in Copenhagen? I was going to go.

 

[smallbee]

I was going to go as well - I love Copenhagen. Could it be old news you saw Michael? It was cancelled in 2022.

They posted on FB about it only this week too:

 

[WoodenBeam]

I just read that there will be no honey show in 2025. Really? Well that stinks.

The meeting still taking place - but no Honey Show within?

 

[smallbee]

The meeting still taking place - but no Honey Show within?

Ah, you're right.

https://apimondia2025.com/?p=wba-contest

 

[Erichalfbee]

Ah, you're right.

https://apimondia2025.com/?p=wba-contest

Maybe it’s because so much adulterated honey was found last year?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Maybe it’s because so much adulterated honey was found last year?

my thoughts as well

 

[smallbee]

I understand why one would adulterate honey for mass-market sale, but it seems odd to then put that honey into a honey show. Surely the adulterated honey will not taste as good? And surely someone producing adulterated honey isn't doing it for pride in their product? Does winning a ribbon in the WBA honey show make a huge difference in the sale price that one can ask? I feel like I'm missing something.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I feel like I'm missing something.

The ‘American Bee Journal’ published an article about Apimondia 2019 in Montreal and the associated honey competition for the ‘Best Honey in the World’. All entries were lab tested and 45 percent of all entries were dis-qualified for being adulterated!
No information was given on the adulterants