The Surrey Honey Show
The SBKA Surrey Honey Show is held each year in Autumn and, as well as the various cups and trophies to be won in the individual classes, it is the opportunity for our divisions to prove their beecraft and attain the Vincent Challenge Cup.
The 2026 Surrey Honey Show
The time has come to prepare your entries for the 2026 Surrey Honey Show, to be held this year at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking on Sunday 6th September.
The show enables all Surrey members, both those with experience along with those new to beekeeping, the chance to enter exhibits into the show and to have them judged by BBKA judges – don’t let that put you off, it’s not as scary as it sounds!
Our judges are generous in their comments and appreciate the time and effort taken by members to prepare exhibits. It could be the first jar of honey you have produced, a cake you have baked, some beautiful wax or some mead waiting to be enjoyed.
Last year we had over 200 entries and we would love to better that. The judging takes place on Sunday 6th September from 10:00, winner certificates and cups will be presented at 4:00pm.
It is the perfect opportunity to share our knowledge and to educate the public, which is of course a very important part of our Charity Mission Statement. In addition to an amazing display of honey, wax, confectionary and mead, we will have two Observation Hives which never fail to attract and fascinate a steady stream of visitors. Throughout the day we will have our Honey Shop, again a perfect chance to explain why locally produced honey is so much better than a supermarket product.
To make the show a success again this year, we need as many entries as possible and we need volunteers at the show, to help with either the Observation Hives, offering information or helping at our Honey Shop. It would be lovely to meet some new beekeepers as well as the familiar faces. If you can spare some time, we would be very grateful for your help.
ENTER NOW FOR THE 2026 SURREY HONEY SHOW
A PDF of the Schedule and Rules can be downloaded here.
To submit your entries, please complete the on-line form at:
https://forms.gle/WzX89wZ2aCBWpMfWA
Deadline Sunday 30th August.
– Exhibits must be delivered to the Garden Room in Denbies between 8:30am and 9:30am on Sunday 6th September.
– All exhibits must be staged by the exhibitor or their nominee by 9:45am.
– Judging will commence at 10:00am.
– Presentation of cups will be at 4:00pm.
For any queries or help with arrangements, contact:
Simon Ford simon@sjford.uk or
Mike Axford surreyhoneyshow@gmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you there.