BuzzFest – Celebrate Pollinators & Community 🐝

You’re invited to join us for BuzzFest — a joyful, educational, and un-bee-lievably fun celebration of pollinators, native plants, and the people protecting them!
📅 Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Crystal Beach Farmers Market @ The Grove – 4055 Erie Rd, Crystal Beach, ON
🎟 Admission: FREE • Family-Friendly • Local & Loving
Hosted by the Niagara Bee Group in collaboration with the Crystal Beach Farmers Market, BuzzFest brings together farmers, families, crafters, conservationists, and bee-lovers of all ages for a day of connection, learning, tasting, and celebration.
Why We Buzz
BuzzFest is more than a party—it’s a fundraiser for pollinators and biodiversity across Niagara. Niagara Bee Group is a not-for-profit and your donations help:
• Restore pollinator habitats with native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees
• Expand our Host-a-Hive Program for honey bees and native bees
• Provide youth & community education programs
• Share guides & planting lists for pollinator-friendly spaces
• Reintroduce the Bobwhite Quail for natural pest control like deer ticks
• Build Nesting platforms for Eagles and birds of prey
Because when we care for pollinators, we care for the whole planet.
BuzzFest Highlights
• 🍯 Live Honey Extraction & Tasting
• 🌼 Native Plant & Pollinator Exhibits
• 🐦 Bird of Prey Live exhibit
• 🎶 Live Music
• 🎨 Kids’ Eco Activities
• 🛍 Farmers Market full of fresh, local, handmade goods
• 🍯 Honey & bee-themed merchandise for sale

Event Schedule
BuzzFest Scheduled Events
• 10:00 AM – Introduction by Niagara Bee Group and Crystal Beach Farmers Market
• 10:00 – 2:00 PM- Live Birds of Prey exhibit and demonstration by conservationist Dave Gibson.
• 10:30 AM – Live Honey Extraction Demonstration
• 11:00 AM – Free Honey Tasting samples
• 11:30 PM – “Bumbees” Awards for Host A Hive participants
• 12:00 PM – Learn about the Quail release program to control tick infestation
• 12:30 PM – Understand how Eagle Nesting Platforms help support Birds of Prey
• 1:00 PM – The importance of Native Plants and Pollinators
• 1:45 PM – Closing Remarks
• 10:00 – 2:00: Members of Niagara Bee group will be available to answer questions on bees, pollinators, native plants, bird breeding chambers, nesting platforms.
• 9:00– 2:00: Visit a variety of Vendors throughout the Farmer’s Market

Let’s Bee the Change. Together.
Mark your calendar, bring your family and friends, and be part of this important and joyful celebration.
🐝 See you at BuzzFest!