Caulfield Honey Festival
Caulfield Honey Festival
Location/Club: Caulfield, 9800, Victoria, Australia
Keywords: BIODIVERSITY, FOOD SYSTEMS, Pollination, Bees, Honey, Native Bee hotels
Description
Start Date
August 2014
Project last Updated
October 2020
Project Impact
Volunteers: 20
Volunteer Hours: 250
Project Contact(s)
Heather Welsh Caulfield
Faye Kirkwood Caulfield
OPPORTUNITIES
Scalability
Taste of what can be done to educate many on the Bees and pollinator world.
OUR WHY
To encourage people to be aware of nature especially the bees and pollinators around us and what they give us
OUR HOW
We collected together people from many different areas to mingle with each other and encouraged them to share their experiences in anything Honey related.
OUR WHAT
An event to bring Bee Awareness to the public
BENEFITS
- Awareness of bees
- How to help them now and in the future
- What not to do for them
Project More Info
We reached out to people letting them know about the need to help all bees and pollinators with information in many different areas, a booklet on bees for the very young, Native bee hotels (made by a local Men’s Shed and put together by some schools), A beekeepers stand with a display of bees, bee products and some fun items.
Reminding people that having gardens with flowers helps the bees too. Need to have water on hand for bees with stepping stones such as bark, stones, wood, etc so that they won’t drown.
Getting involved with the honey tasting, photographic competition, baking competition and Diorama Bee Displays, Face painting.
We covered from the very young to older adults and all between with crafts, book reading, treasure hunt, information and gardening advice.
Everyone had a fabulous day and they are still asking when we are going to do it again.
