Judges All Buzz About the Iowa State Fair Apiary Competition

DES MOINES, IA (08/16/2018) (readMedia)-- The Apiary competition brought out competitors' stingers when it was judged prior to the start of the 2018 Iowa State Fair.

All exhibitor entries were products of the exhibitor's apiary unless otherwise specified. Entries will be on display throughout the Fair from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by Alliant Energy.

Complete results below:

APIARY

Observation Hive

1) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

2) Austin Miller, Goodell

3) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

4) Ellen Bell, Runnells

5) Zack Koopman, Ames

Six Cut Comb in Hard Plastic Box

1) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

2) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

3) Ellen Bell, Runnells

White Extracted Honey

1) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

2) Wildflower Acres, Waterloo

3) Randy Elsbernd, Mason City

4) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

5) Steve Woodward, Iowa City

6) Douglas Brown, Corning

Light Amber Extracted Honey

1) Ellen Bell, Runnells

2) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

3) Everett Birch, Marengo

4) Travis Allen, West Des Moines

5) Ted Maybee, Corydon

Combination Chunk & Strained Honey

1) Ellen Bell, Runnells

2) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

Plastic Bears

1) Ellen Bell, Runnells

2) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

3) Douglas Brown, Corning

4) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

5) Randy Elsbernd, Mason City

6) Nathan Elsbernd, Mason City

Creamed Honey

1) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

2) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

Flavored Creamed Honey

1) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

2) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

One Frame of Honey, Ready for Extracting

1) Markus Elsbernd, Mason City

2) Ellen Bell, Runnells

3) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

4) Austin Miller, Goodell

5) Wendy Peffers, Pella

6) Abigail Kelly, Des Moines

One Frame of Empty Extracting Comb

1) Zack Koopman, Ames

2) Olivia Kelly, Des Moines

3) Bethany Kelly, Des Moines

4) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

5) Abigail Kelly, Des Moines

6) Susan Kelly, Des Moines

Block of Beeswax

1) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

2) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

3) Kenoyer Farms, Van Meter

4) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

5) Becky Birch, Marengo

6) Douglas Brown, Corning

Beeswax Art

1) Susan Kelly, Des Moines

2) Markus Elsbernd, Mason City

3) Ellen Bell, Runnells

Photograph - General Beekeeping

1) Samantha Jacobs, Robins

2) Hollie Allen, West Des Moines

3) Diana Bucklin, Pella

4) Wendy Peffers, Pella

5) Douglas Brown, Corning

6) Becky Birch, Marengo

Photograph - Specific Subject

1) Angie Schaffer, Elkhart

2) Becky Birch, Marengo

3) Susan Kelly, Des Moines

4) Alex Ebert, Pella

5) Wendy Peffers, Pella

6) Daniel Landsness, Le Mars

Two Beeswax Candles (dipped)

1) Diana Bucklin, Pella

2) Ellen Bell, Runnells

3) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

Two Beeswax Candles (all others)

1) Doyle W Kincy, Urbandale

2) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

3) Diana Bucklin, Pella

4) Kenoyer Farms, Van Meter

5) Ellen Bell, Runnells

6) Philip Ebert, Lynnville

Gift Basket

1) Kenoyer Farms, Van Meter

2) P & P Honey And Bee Supply, Goodell

3) Randy Elsbernd, Mason City

Window Display

1) Kenoyer Farms, Van Meter

2) Emma Jakes, Indianola

3) Ellen Bell, Runnells

Extracted Honey - Youth

1) Cody Leydens, Urbandale

2) Abigail Kelly, Des Moines

3) Bethany Kelly, Des Moines

Beekeeping Photo - Youth

1) John Woodward, Iowa City

2) Emma Jakes, Indianola

3) Austin Allen, West Des Moines

Two Beeswax Candles - Youth

1) Cody Leydens, Urbandale

2) Markus Elsbernd, Mason City

3) Austin Allen, West Des Moines

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