Earlier this spring I made a list of 100+ things to do with kids in my local area and we are slowly working our way through the list.
Today we tried something new along with a group of friends - we went Campbell's Gold Honey Farm & Meadery in Abbotsford, BC.
What a great experience, so I thought I'd share for others out there who might be curious or just looking for a fun thing to do!
Judy and Mike from Campbell's Gold, taught us about the different bees in the hive and what each one does.
They answered the million questions of the mostly preschool aged group and even (mostly) kept the attention of 13 kids under 7 - amazing!
We built hives...
...Tasted honey...
...visited the hives...
...and stuck our fingers in the honeycomb...
...searched for the queen...
(The queen has a green dot! Can you see it?)
...and did our bee dance with the "queen bee".
Lady and Bug had a great time learning about bees and found out that they don't really like honey, but had fun anyway!
The $8 entrance fee for each person over 3 yrs seemed a bit pricy, but we each got a little honeybear full of their alfalfa honey (about a $4 value), so overall, not so bad. They do tours for groups of 5 or more if you book ahead. We also got information about a free family fun day in August that I think we might try to check out!
They also have many other honey and bee related products including Mead and other honey wine, which Daddy Ladybug and I are going to have to go back and try!
~Adel~
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