World Bee Day Celebration

World Bee Day Celebration

Saturday, May 24, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The museum shops at Jamestown Settlement will celebrate “World Bee Day” on Saturday, May 24 with honeybee-related activities and vendor presentations.

Throughout the day on Saturday, museum shops will feature vendor demonstrations, samplings and tastings by:

• AR’s Hot Southern Honey
• Bodhi Bee Farms, Williamsburg, VA
• Edgewood Apiaries & Farm
• Ron Navroski, Artist
• Savannah Bee Company, Savannah, GA
• Silver Hand Meadery, Williamsburg, VA
• St. George Brewing Company, Hampton, VA
• Virginia Johnson, Author of “Virginia Honey: A Sweet History”
• Williamsburg Area Beekeepers Association

The event honors the 403rd anniversary of the first recorded honeybees in North America. European honeybees most familiar to people today are not native to the continent, and they first landed in Virginia in 1622 when the Virginia Company of London sent a ship carrying the first beehives.

The celebration marks the one-year anniversary of a significant milestone in environmental advocacy and education with the official designation of the European Honeybee as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s state pollinator. The bill, originally championed by Virginia Del. Patrick Hope (D-1st, Arlington County), received bipartisan support and was signed into law by Virginia Governor Youngkin.

Jamestown Settlement’s main museum shop is open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and museum admission is not required to visit it. Guests with museum admission also can access the honeybee pop-up shop in the Great Hall at Jamestown Settlement, open daily, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Museum Admission

• FREE for Locals*
  Local Residents enjoy free admission every day at Jamestown Settlement & the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, including College of William & Mary students. *Check Qualifying Zip Codes.
• FREE for children 5 and under
• Admission tickets can be purchased online or in person.

Jamestown Settlement
2110 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185
 (757) 253-4838
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