The Sweetest Day of the Year
Steiner Tractor Parts is sponsoring Michigan’s 1st annual Honey Festival. The festival takes place this Saturday, July 28th, at the Eastern Michigan fairgrounds located at 195 Midway Street, Imlay City, MI. Gates open to the public at 10 am. Tickets will be available at the gate – $5.00 admits 1, kids 16 and under get in for free. The event ends at 5 pm. Come and join us for a day of food, fun and education about honey bees!
Jenny’s husband, Chris Bradshaw, started beekeeping this year. Jenny and Chris will be at the festival representing STP with a booth across from the Master Gardeners at the front of the merchant building. If you know you will be in the area that day between 10am to 5pm and need parts, we are accepting orders through the end of the day today, Thursday July 26 to be picked up at the fairgrounds. Stop by our booth for a recent catalog and find out what other goodies she’ll be offering.
Informal list of events and times:
10:00 am – Gates open
10:30 am – Cooking-with-honey demo with Chef Tex at Stage
11:00 am – Lip balm making demo with Wilma Dodder
12:30 pm – Cooking Demo Angie Foster and Kim Baogart
2:00 pm – Mead making with Ken Schram *Mead tasting will be available (don’t quote me, but I think the cost is 3 tastes for $5?)
2:30 pm – Cooking-with-honey demo with Chef Pat
With prizes and fun for the whole family at the honey festival, you can see Master Gardening demonstrations (planting for bees from Spring to Fall), live demonstrations of an active hive, a bee beard demonstration (you have GOT to see this!), take part in bee costume competitions, and wander through the vendors for honey tastings and anything bee related. Organizers of the first annual Michigan Honey Festival are excited to share their love of bees.
Looking for more information about the festival? Check out these sites:
http://www.michiganhoneyfestival.com
http://events.detroit.cbslocal.com/imlaycity/events/michigan-honey-festival-/E0-001-048010295-4
http://www.tricitytimes-online.com/Articles-News-i-2012-07-25-212589.112113-Thats-Sweeeet.html
http://www.facebook.com/MichiganHoneyFestival
