-Information courtesy Bee Jubilee Coordinator Christi Henthron
The Granville County Beekeepers Association (GCBA), will hold their 3rd Annual Bee Jubilee this Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Granville County Expo Center, 4605 US-15 in Oxford.
The Bee Jubilee is held in conjunction with National Pollinator Week, June 18-24, and is a day-long event filled with bee and pollinator-related speakers and demonstrations, local arts and handmade crafts, non-profits, children’s activities, a silent auction, honey, North Carolina-grown produce and more.
Kids activities will be available and over 65 vendors will offer information or selling homegrown, handmade, bee or agriculture items. A silent auction and a drawing for the winner of the Year of Honey Raffle will be held.
Schedule of Events:
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Vendors & Kids Area Open – Expo Center & Arena
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Year of Honey Raffle Tickets for Sale at $1 each or 6 for $5 – Expo Lobby
9 a.m. – Silent Auction Begins – Granville County Beekeepers Association – Expo Lobby
9 to 11 a.m. – Breakfast is Served – Gavin’s Grub Hub Food Truck – Front of Expo
10 a.m. – Herbalist & Beekeeper Maria Hristova-Kazmierski – “Pollinator, Garden Design & Plant Selection: Propolis 101”- Expo Auditorium
10:30 a.m. – Honey Extraction Demonstration – Granville County Beekeepers Association – Arena (North)
11 a.m. – Goat Milking Demonstration – New Dawn Homestead – Arena (Paddock)
11 a.m. – Chris Apple, Master Gardner, Journeyman Beekeeper – “Pollinators A Plenty” – Expo Auditorium
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Ricky Manning, Journeyman Beekeeper – “Starting a New Top Bar Hive” Workshop – Arena (Training Room)
12 p.m. – Keith Rogers, Certified Beekeeper – “So You Want to be a Beekeeper?” – Expo Auditorium
12:30 p.m. – Honey Extraction Demonstration – Granville County Beekeepers Association – Arena (North)
1 p.m. – Adolphus Leonard, NC Apiary Inspector – “NCSBA and the State Fair, Entering Honey Into Competitions” – Expo Auditorium
1:30 p.m. – Goat Milking Demonstration – New Dawn Homestead – Arena (Paddock)
2 p.m. – Year of Honey Raffle Winner Drawn – Expo Auditorium
2 p.m. – Greg Taylor, Certified Beekeeper – “Mead” – Expo Auditorium
2:15 p.m. – Silent Auction Ends – Granville County Beekeepers Association – Expo Lobby
3 p.m. – Volker Borneman, President & CEO of Avazyme, Inc. – “Honey, Bees and Science: The Good, the Bad and the Toxic” – Expo Auditorium
Please call Bee Jubilee Coordinator Christi Henthron at 907.738.9047 or email granvillebeejubilee@gmail.com with any questions, comments or ideas.
For more information, visit the Bee Jubilee Facebook page by clicking here.
Learn more about Pollinator Week at www.pollinator.org!
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