Have You Heard the Buzz? CV Bee Expo Coming Soon

Have You Heard the Buzz? CV Bee Expo Coming Soon

Tickets are still available for the Chippewa Valley Bee Expo, a new annual family event dedicated to educating members of the community about pollinators and natural living practices 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippewa Falls.

Demonstrations and presentations will be held throughout the day on a wide range of topics focused on sustainability, encouraging pollinators, and using the products produced by honeybees.  Youth events will also be a big part of the Expo, and more than 40 vendors will have booths at the event, many with games and giveaways.

The event includes presentations and seminars throughout the day on topics ranging from creating a pollinator-friendly yard and garden to beginning beekeeping, and from cooking with honey to developing natural products derived from keeping bees.

Emcee on the Bee Expo’s main stage will be Keith Edwards, longtime broadcast journalist who was recently named Best Local News Writer and Best Television News Anchor in the Volume One Best of the Chippewa Valley poll.  Main stage happenings include:

9:00      Wisconsin Honey Queen Emily Sydow

9:15      Flowering Lawns: Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Property

10:00    Peggy Desanto discussing the Hive Hugger Winter Bee System

11:00    Wayne Honey Farm of River Falls discussing Raising Honeybee Queens

11:45    Pheasants Forever

12:45    Drew Kaiser of Eau Claire presenting “I Wanna Be a Beekeeper”

1:30      Bee Squad of the University of Minnesota presenting “Let’s Fight Mites”

2:30      Presentation by the United States Department of Agriculture

3:35      Raffle Winners Announced

The Expo will also have an area dedicated to demonstrating Cooking with Honey, with prize drawing following each presentation.   Those demonstrations include:

Honey vs. Sugar

Making Soap with Honey

Sweet & Sour Chicken with honey, and Honey Lemonade

Silverling Centennial Farm Market

Taste and Try: Honey of a Fudge Sauce

Using Dried Flowers to Infuse Beef Tallow

Taste and Try: Honey Energy Bar

Organic Infusions by Paula

Chicken Honey Adobe with Atchara Salad (Philippine Recipe)

Cinnamon Honey Challah

There will be more than 40 vendors with booths at the Expo, and there will be breakout demonstrations at those booths throughout the day.  The event will also include food trucks and raffles. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND MORE SWEET DEETS!

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