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We’re fast approaching our biggest event for Autumn: Honey Fest! Come out and support the Nature Center, but more importantly, the bees! The festival is this Sunday, September 21 from 1 to 4 PM.
This year’s Honey Fest will include:
-Demonstration stations manned by our volunteer beekeepers. (See previous postings for The Importance of Pollination talk.) See one of our beekeepers wear a beard of bees!
-Fun games and crafts for the kids. These include beeswax candlemaking and a scavenger hunt. The reward for each completed hunt is a tasty prize!
-Special honey ice cream provided by Haagen Dazs, with bee pollinated toppings! (Yummy stuff like fruit, not like avocado.)
-An awesome bake sale with goods made with honey!
-You also may see some prominent Nature Center staff dressed up in bee costumes.
…and more!
We’ll see you there!
(This photo is courtesy of the National Honey Board. Their website has awesome information and activities for teachers, parents, and students. Check out the excitement by clicking here!)
Something new!:
During Indian Creek Nature Center’s Honey Fest, Entomologist Steve Hanlin will be giving a presentation on the Importance of Pollination. Honey Fest will beon Sunday, September 21 from 1-4. The fee to this presentation will be included in the admission to Honey Fest, which is just $2. (Children 3 and under are free!) Steve will be presenting at the “Pollination Station” at about 2 pm.
Did you know that in the U.S., one third of all crops require insect pollination, and 80% of those pollinators are honeybees? Bees are important little critters! Steve will discuss different pollinators, and how to encourage them in your own yard so that you can benefit from pollinators in your garden.
We couldn’t let today go by without a little something to show that we all remember what this day means.
(Photo by American photographer Jonathan Hyman. Click the picture to follow the link.)
