Mailing list for the Person County Beekeepers Association, Roxboro, NC

[Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>]

Congratulations to everybody who worked on the PCBA booth at the fair. I 
got to see it yesterday while I was working the NCSBA info booth. The 
"tell the story" aspect, professionalism of the materials, arrangement, 
everything about it was over the top. It was an A+ effort that makes me 
proud to know you!

Unfortunately for the judging, Chatham County came this year with 
another phenomenal display, and unlike last year, they remembered to 
officially enter it in the competition. I don't know who in Chatham 
comes up with their displays but they must work for Disney or the 
Smithsonian. This year's was "Aunt Bee's Kitchen". It was an exact 
representation of grandma's country kitchen, as it if had been literally 
ripped out and trucked to the fair.  Various hive products were 
scattered around the kitchen, and the informational material was on 
cooking with honey.

The bee info booth was next to the wax competition items. Inge got a 
ribbon for a beautiful wax bowl, very delicate and "wow" inspiring. A 
guy wandered up to the info booth, pointed to it and said, "what's 
that"? I said that is was beeswax. He say, "yeah, but what's it FOR?" He 
thought it was some strange beekeeping implement.

Randall Austin