Today is National Honey Bee Day, a day to honor the insect responsible for more than 1/3 of the food the population eats according to Honey Love Urban Bee Keepers. Today is also a way to pay homage to beekeepers, whose labors ensure there are bees to pollinate crops which is crucial to agricultural production across the globe. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, approximately 35 percent of crop production worldwide is directly affected by these bumbling and buzzing friends.
We are thankful for Bill Fitzgerald and the team at WTVR CBS 6 News for welcoming our very own Bruce Hamon to talk about the
🍯🐝🥳 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥
𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸𝟻𝚝𝚑 𝟷𝟶𝚊𝚖 – 𝟸𝚙𝚖
@ 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝟹𝟺𝟶𝟷 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚁𝚍, 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍, 𝚅𝙰 𝟸𝟹𝟸𝟹𝟼
If you missed the segment airing, you can find it here: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/2022-honeybee-festival-will-have-fun-for-the-whole-family
So kind of NBC12 to invite Stan Houk and Carla Park on to talk about the 400th anniversary of honey bees coming to America 💯💯💯💯🐝🐝🐝🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙 and the 11th Annual Honey Bee Festival coming 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 10am-2pm @Rockwood Nature Center. Add it to your calendar and we’ll see you there!
If you missed the LIVE interview, you can locate it here: https://www.nbc12.com/video/2022/06/20/th-annual-honey-bee-festival/?fs=e&s=cl
To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN designated 20 May as World Bee Day.
Catch the full scoop here:
https://www.un.org/en/observances/bee-day?fbclid=IwAR3f67s5XA8zZReiR5UwZgY2cyvWR0Vn6UPnaHtlsgCZ67oQOQvapj2ENDU
Saturday, June 25th 10am – 2pm
@ Rockwood Park Nature Center
3401 Courthouse Rd, Richmond, VA 23236
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Did you know: our Apis mellifera friends, the European honey bee, was first brought to the Americas right here in Virginia in 1622? After being brought to our East coast, it took 231 years before the honey bee reached our West coast. That’s right, the creation of the United States can be found in the footsteps of the honey bee. From Sea to Shining Sea!
Vendor information, including a link to our sign-up form, can be found here.
The Honey Bee festival requires a lot of hands leading up to the festival for planning, the Friday night before for setup, during, & after the festival for takedown. Day of, we need about 50 volunteers to lend a helpful hand. Volunteers do not have to be beekeepers or a member of our club. Volunteers can be kids, family, friends, etc. The only requirement is a willingness to help. We can certainly find a way to use our volunteers and are thankful for all the help we can get. Volunteers are provided a free Honey Bee Festival t-shirt.
Anyone willing to volunteer, please let us know by completing the Volunteer Sign-Up form.
Thank you in advance!
Rockwood Park Backyard Beekeepers 