March 2013: Module 2

[Neils]

I've put it off for long enough so in the spring I'm going to try and get module 2 out of the way. Our Association has a study group kicking off in january but I thought I'd kick off another thread to discuss it here for anyone else considering taking the exam.

[Dan]

David Aston & Sally Bucknall's plants/bees book (I forget the title!) appears to have been written with that module in mind

[Neils]

Is that the new one just out?

[Dan]

Is that the new one just out?

No, although it's a lovely book, this is the one that I was thinking of:

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[Black Comb]

I enjoyed doing Mod 2.
Hooper has some good info. on temperatures etc.
Celia Davis (Out & About) has a couple of good chapters.
I found Yates OK on this, the older version would suffice.

Forgot to say, one of the BBKA information leaflets re. labeling is useful.

[Neils]

Well we kicked off tonight. Having a senior honey judge leading the study group has got to be a bonus I feel.

I have to admit that this is a module that I want to get out of the way in some respects and an evening discussing the finer points of honey labels perhaps reinforced the point. That said there were some interesting bits, heather honey extraction, for example, which is something I can't too easily get first hand experience of.

[drumgerry]

I sympathise Neil. Mod 2 isn't one I especially enjoyed - honey regs and labelling requirements not exactly the stuff of dreams.