Discover Sooke

Please see this link for detailed information about the days events and to hear a podcast of how bees are doing worldwide (www.tugwellcreekfarm.com/invitation)

By some estimates every third bite of food we eat is due to the pollinating effort of bees. In the past 3 years over 50 billion honeybees have died. A large amount of research into what is called Colony Collapse Disorder is necessary to help. Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery will be hosting one of the first Honeybee Awareness Days on May 29, 2010. “Our goal is to increase peoples awareness of what bees do for us and what we can do for them.” quotes Dana LeComte, co- owner of Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery in Sooke BC.

On Saturday May 29th, from 12 -5 pm there will be many fun activities to increase people’s awareness of these wondrous creatures.
At 12 pm we will be having John Horgan, MLA make the proclamation and cut the cake to celebrate our first Honeybee Awareness Day in the Sooke Region.
Every hour on the hour Bob Liptrot, Master Beekeeper/ Meadmaker will be giving educational tours of the farm and meadery. There will be experienced beekeepers on hand to answer questions about bees. A demonstration hive will display bees in action. You can find out 10 simple things you can do to help honeybees. Children are welcome and there will be face painting by donation, a colouring area, and a beekeeper dressup area. Inside the tasting room, a special paid tasting of past vintages and test batches will be offered with 100% of the price going to research. Tugwell will be donating 10% of all regular tasting room proceeds to the Canadian Bee Research Fund. For further information or to make a donation go to (www.honeycouncil.ca/index.php/bee_research_fund_donations).

Bob Liptrot has kept bees since the age of seven. After a 40 years of beekeeping he and partner Dana LeComte opened Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery in 1998 and it was licensed as British Columbia’s first Meadery in 2003. Its distinctive Meads (honey wines) reflect harmony and balance by blending varietal honeys and berries from the local region. Mead (Honey Wine) is the oldest art of fermentation.

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Filed under: Upcoming Events on April 30th, 2010