On Aug. 16, 2014 Buzz on over to National Honey Bee Day.
Learn how important beekeeping is
Enjoy displays about the Art of Apiculture (beekeeping) and honey bees. Other activities include honey tasting, Be a Bee program, hearth cooking demonstration, and candle making.
Honey Extraction; watch as volunteers from the Beekeepers of Northern Shenandoah remove the honey from our hive boxes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cooking with Honey: follow your nose to the log kitchen to see what’s cooking over the hearth. Visit with our costumed interpreter and watch as she prepares a variety of tasty treats using nature’s sweetener from noon to 4 p.m.
Candle Making program; discover how Colonial settlers lit their homes before electricity. Join a ranger for a discussion of the tools and techniques used to make candles from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Honey Candles
Be a Bee program; No bumbling around here! Learn about the journey bees undertake and the perils they encounter while pollinating flowers to ensure a bountiful harvest from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Local honey and bee products can be purchased from club members of Beekeepers of Northern Shenandoah. For more information and details visit Sky Meadows State Park or call 540-592-3556.
Support beekeeping by purchasing local honey and bee products
Drive Time: Northern Virginia, 45 minutes to one hour; D.C., over one hour; Richmond, two hours; Tidewater/ Norfolk/ Virginia Beach, three hours; Roanoke, two and a half hours.
For general park informationclick here, contact the park office at 540-592-3556 ore-mailSky Meadows State Park. Sky Meadows State Park is located at 11012 Edmonds Lane, Delaplane, Va. 20144-0710.
The award-winning Virginia State Parks are managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
For more information about Virginia State Parks’ activities and amenities or to make reservations in one of the more than 1,800 campsites or 300 climate-controlled cabins, call the Virginia State Parks Reservation Center at 800-933-PARK orclick here.