Fincastle Herald
  • News
    • Local News
    • Featured Sports
    • Courthouse
      • Legals
    • Sports News
    • School News
    • Entertainment News
    • Church
  • Opinions
  • Obituaries
  • eHerald
  • State News
  • National News
  • Classifieds
  • Contact
  • Login
Subscribe For $2.50/Month
  • News
    • Local News
    • Featured Sports
    • Courthouse
      • Legals
    • Sports News
    • School News
    • Entertainment News
    • Church
  • Opinions
  • Obituaries
  • eHerald
  • State News
  • National News
  • Classifieds
  • Contact
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Fincastle Herald
No Result
View All Result
  • National News
  • VA News
  • WV News
Home Local News

Honey Festival August 20 at Botetourt Farmers Market

August 9, 2022
in Local News
Reading Time: 1 min read
A A
36
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

[SUBMITTED PHOTO]
The Botetourt Farmers Market and Botetourt Beekeepers Association are partnering to host the first official Honey Festival on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 8:30 a.m.-noon. This is known as National Honey Bee Day, or World Honey Bee Day. Activities & Info for that day:

Up to 10 local honey vendors

  • Educational – Learn about the importance of bees, named the most important living being on earth, and unfortunately, endangered (Earthwatch Institute, Royal Geographic Society of London, 2019). Observe live honey bee hives in contained observation hives. Learn about how to start beekeeping. Learn what you can do to help bees in your area.
  • Kids’ activities – Honey bee, honeycomb stamps, photo booths, guessing jar, seed planting activities
  • Raffles to raise money for the Farmers Market and Beekeepers association – a 50/50 raffle, honey-themed gift basket, honey-themed local wreath, and family four-pack of tickets to Layman Family Farms Fall Festival ($80 value)
  • T-shirts and stickers for sale: all proceeds go back to the Farmers Market and Beekeepers Association
  • Free mead tastings for those over 21 w/ ID, provided by Honeycomb Grove Meadery of Covington.
  • Free honey tastings from local honey vendors
  • Queen Bee will be posing for pictures, sharing knowledge of bees and act as the honey judge to judge honey samples and choose the best local honey
  • Live Music by Shanolan, a professional live music duo who has been playing folk, rock, and Americana for over 20 years.
  • Food from Shultz’s Dogs and Donnie D’s Bagels

Sponsors are Tizzone, Taphouse, Sunbelt, Brent Hershey of State Farm, ReMax, Bank of Botetourt, Rockingham Co-Op, and Botetourt County.

ShareTweetPin
Previous Post

Botetourt County announces August Movie in the Park

Next Post

Botetourt County grand jury returns indictments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign Up To Our Newsletter

Sign up now to get weekly top stories, eEdition notifications, deals and more from Fincastle Herald right to your inbox.
  • My Account
  • Subscribe To Fincastle Herald
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Content

© 2020 Mountain Media, LLC

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart
No Result
View All Result
  • Local News
  • Sports News
  • Obituaries
  • School News
  • Church
  • Notices
  • eHerald
  • My Account
  • Subscribe

© 2020 Mountain Media, LLC

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Forgot your password?

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login