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For
Immediate Release: February 16, 2001
Contact: Hope
Gruzlovic
(609)292-8896
hope.gruzlovic@ag.state.nj.us
New
Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture Art Brown presented
this year's Best of Show Awards in honey and honey product
competition to Pat Henderson of Morris Plains.
Honey
Queen Justina Puvel of Jacobstown and Honey Princess
Lauren Kurella presented State Board of Agriculture
President Steve Jany and Agriculture Secretary
Art Brown with samples of Jersey Fresh honey
and baskets of assorted honey products. Brown
noted that beekeeping is one of the oldest agricultural
pursuits, with domestic honeybees introduced
into this country by the earliest European colonists. "Nationally
the honeybee is directly or indirectly related
to the production of one-third of our food and
fiber," Brown said. "Here in New Jersey, where
the honeybee is the state insect, more than $208
million worth of crops required bees for pollination."
Henderson
placed first in extracted light amber, creamed
honey and beeswax candle and was awarded Best
of Division in Comb Products. |
Secretary
Art Brown (second from left) presents Pat Henderson
(center) with this year's Best of Show Award.
Joining in the presentation were State Board
of Agriculture President Steve Jany, New Jersey
Honey Princess Lauren Kurella (far left) and
Honey Queen Justina Puvel. |
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There
are approximately 10,000 managed colonies of bees
statewide which produce an average of over 45 pounds
of honey per colony. Each year, approximately 18,000
colonies of bees are imported into the state to
help pollinate New Jersey's crops.
A
complete list of this year's winners follows. |
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Jersey Honey Princess Lauren Kurella (far left)
and Honey Queen Justina Puvel (far right) presented
State Board of Agriculture President Steve Jany
(second from left) and Agriculture Secretary Art
Brown with honey gift baskets. |
2000
ANNUAL FARMERS' WEEK HONEY SHOW AWARDS
BEST
OF SHOW
Pat Henderson, Morris Plains |
Mead
with Fruit Juice
1) PJ's Apiary, Jackson
2) Fred Sanger, Hainesport |
Best
of Division: Extracted Honey
Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson |
1
lb. Extracted Amber Honey
1) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
2) Frank Wooden, Stockton
3) Fred Sanger, Hainesport |
Best
of Division: Comb Products
Pat Henderson, Morris Plains |
Creamed Honey
1) Pat Henderson, Morris Plains
2) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
3) Bob Hughes, Yardville |
Best
of Division: Beeswax
Diane Hansson, Fords |
Chunk
Honey
Bob Hughes, Yardville |
Best
of Division: Mead
Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson |
Cut
Comb
1) Diane Hansson, Fords
2) Francis Toth, Ringoes |
Best
of Division: Soaps and Creams
Landi Simone, Wooton |
Comb
Sections
Diane Hansson, Fords |
1
lb. Extracted Light Honey
1) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
2) Bob Hughes, Yardville
3) Kenneth Preteroti, Old Bridge |
Frame
of Honey
Mark Sopko, Neshanic Station |
1
lb. Block of Beeswax
1) Diane Hansson, Fords
2) Frank Wooden, Stockton |
Candle
(Beeswax)
1) Pat Henderson, Morris Plains
2) Jim Puvel, Jobstown
3) Diane Hansson, Fords |
1
lb. Extracted Light Amber Honey
1) Pat Henderson, Morris Plains
2) S & F Honey Farm, Flemington
3) Fred Sanger, Hainesport |
Novelty
Candle
1) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
2) Diane Hansson, Fords
3) Jim Puvel, Jobstown |
Dry
Mead
1) Mark Sopko, Neshanic Station
2) Fred Sanger, Hainesport |
Novelty
Beeswax
1) Diane Hansson, Fords
2) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
3) Jim Puvel, Jobstown |
Sweet
Mead
1) Wolfgang Kuehn, Jackson
2) Francis Toth, Ringoes |
Hand
Creams
1) Jim Puvel, Jobstown
2) Landi Simone, Wooton |
1
lb. Extracted Dark Honey
1) Mark Sopko, Neshanic Station
2) Diane Hansson, Fords
3) Fred Sanger, Hainesport |
Soaps
Landi Simone, Wooton |
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