Dennis Marshall, Kandi Chamberlain and Richard McCormick were spotted buzzing around at Falling Creek Elementary. Students learned the role bees and other pollinators to make the food we eat.
A video of the day can be found here: https://youtu.be/Vz4T1RacYr0
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
Wow – we had over 3,000 people attend our festival this year! Amazing! A HUGE thanks goes out to each of you that volunteered or ran a booth at this year’s event.
In case you missed it – here is our very own Bruce Hammond on TV, talking about the festival:
https://wtvr.com/2019/06/14/2019-honeybee-festival-will-educate-and-entertain-the-whole-family/
Thank you Gene for heading up the festival again this year! You are INSPIRING! (Bee Inspired)
Check out all the pictures posted on Instagram by following our account @RockwoodBeekeepers or by searching for the tag #rockwoodbeekeepers
David Brown
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