Fundraiser for World Vision Canada All Event Admission goes to buying beehives and training for families in developing countries, $7 per person.
Kicks off at 1:30 pm with Beekeeper Olympics – Bee smoker lighting, beekeeper dress up and down, honey comb squeezing, bee box assembly, hive tool target throw, and bee catching. Beekeepers and the public will both compete.
2:30 pm Bee Beard Competition. Four Beekeeper contestants are given twenty minutes to load up with bees and to groom their fashionable beards inside screened tents. They are each weighed before and after, the number of bees are calculated by the grams of bees on their chins. Each beekeeper dances and models their beards on the catwalk, backed up by funky music, the judges select their favourite. The trophy is awarded, and folks can have their pictures taken next to their beekeeper hero. In the end the beekeepers give their heads a big shake to return the crawling and itchy bee beards back into the beehives. Great fun if you’re watching, a little nervous if you’re a beekeeper, and a strange afternoon if you are a bee.
Live music by 1- 4 pm. Wagon rides, farm animals, walking trails, pedal go-carts. Wholesome farm fun for families and friends.
Location: 11302 Imperial Rd. 2 km North of Aylmer, on Hwy 73, twenty five minutes from London.
Hosted by: Clovermead Bee Adventure Farm, in Aylmer, Ontario.
For more information or to download photos from previous Bee Beard events www.clovermead.com
Contact Chris Hiemstra. Director of the Buzz (519) 617-5503 chris@clovermead.com
World Vision Canada - Brad Saunders 1 800 268 4888 Mobile 519-400-2653
MOE Beekeepers Club (Middlesex Oxford, Elgin)
Contact President Bob Crowhurst (519) 666-1670 robert.crowhurst@sympatico.ca
2010 Bee Beard Contestants
Tibor Szabo – 519-836-5617 Guelph, ON Commercial Beekeeper.
Albert de Vries – 519-637-0375 St. Thomas, ON - Cabinetry/Beekeeper.
Chris Crocker – 519-644-2408 Aylmer, ON - Minister/Beekeeper.
Carmenie Stemmler – 519-270-2276 – Markdale, ON – the only female Beekeeper contestant.
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