Saturday May 18th 

Greenfield Bee Fest Activities

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9am to 12noon

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Children of all ages are invited to come dressed as their favorite pollinator or flower

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Children’s Activities

(Adults, please remain with your children)

 

9am – 12:15pm  On the lawn of Second Congregational Church, 16 Court Square

• Create your own Flower Hat 

• Make air-dried clay beads with an Artspace leader

• Paint a bee mural or poster

• Bee Games

• 11am  Pollinator Parade through the Farmer’s Market and around the Town Common (costumes encouraged)

• 11:15am  Bee Pinata 

• 11:30am Lorenzo Langstroth birthday cake 

 

 

For all Ages

 

9am-12:15pm On the lawn of Second Congregational Church

• Add your artistic touch to a Langstroth Beehive Box, using paints provided. Artists of all abilities are welcome to contribute color and creativity to these hives that will soon be installed at Franklin County apiaries.

• Bee Bazaar. We have curated the most unique, fun, practical, and outrageous bee gifts you’ve ever seen. Something for everyone!

• Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) info table & giveaways

• FREE pollinator plants courtesy of Pioneer Gardens

• FREE Beeswrap for food leftovers made from beeswax fabric

• Franklin County Beekeepers Association (FCBA) - Find the Queen Bee in a live demonstration hive, and learn about beekeeping from the experts

• ·Pick up a Bee Promenade map and take your own walking tour of the bee sites around Greenfield

• 9:15-9:45am and 11:30am - 12:15pm New England Woodwind Quartet – popular and familiar songs

• 9:45-10:30am The Saw and the Fiddles (a real carpenter’s saw, super cool!)

• 10-10:30am Ask a Bee Expert – Q & A led by FCBA and MDAR

• 11:15-11:30am Musical performance by students from Twice as Smart

 

12:30pm Sculpture Unveiling – Walk to the new Fire Station (3 blocks west of the Town Common on Main Street), to meet the newest bee in our hive—Fearless!

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 Related events during Bee Week, May 13-18

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• Garden Cinema 361 Main Street, FREE movie, Yogi and the Bees, May 18 at 11am

• Ryan & Casey, 55 Main Street, Mead and Honeyed Whiskey Tasting, May 18, 10am-12:15pm

• Historical Society of Greenfield, 43 Church Street, featuring vintage beekeeping equipment and hives, will be open on May 18, 12noon to 3pm

• Stone Soup Café, at the corner of Main and Hope Streets, will offer honey-infused foods on their menu, May 18 at 12noon

• Busy Bee Computers, 22 Federal Street, raffle for FREE laptop and desktop computers, drawing on May 18 at 2pm

• In celebration of Bee Fest, Hawks & Reed will feature Rosemary Caine and the Wilde Irish Shenanigans Saturday, May 18 at 7:30pm

• Innovintage Place, 76 Hope Street, featuring Bee Items for sale all week

• Watch Piti Theatre Company's Award Winning "To Bee or Not to Bee" for Free in Celebration of Bee Fest! Watch Now