MHPA exposure to the public is mainly at the Minnesota State Fair, where honey and honey-based products and honey-flavored ice cream are displayed and sold in the horticulture building. To enter honey or a food category for competition, you can pick up copies of the “Bee and Horticulture” book at our annual conference or go to the MN State Fair Website at www.mnstatefair.org. Volunteers work with live bees and do extracting demonstrations. Information is available about beekeeping and pollination throughout the exhibit area and personal conversations can be taken up at the Information Booth at the State Fair. It is important for all people to realize how the honeybee helps farmers, gardeners, and the backyard apple tree.
This year’s fair will be held from August 22nd to Labor Day, September 2, 2023.
We Have come a long way since the early days!
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