Earth Day Pollinator Party!

Join us for a fun and educational celebration of pollinators! Discover the incredible role bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play in our world while enjoying hands-on activities, delicious treats, and family-friendly fun.

Event Highlights:

🐝 Honeybee Observation Hive & Presentation – See live bees up close and learn from an expert at 11:30 AM!
🧁 Pollinator-Inspired Treats – Enjoy cupcakes and cookies topped with edible flowers. +cheese, cracker and fruit boxes for sale.
🌱 Pollinator Food Display – See how much of our food depends on pollinators.
🎨 Decorate a Beehive – Get creative and paint a real beehive!
🍯 Honey Tasting – Sample different varieties of honey.
🛍️ Pollinator Plant Sale – Take home beautiful, bee-friendly plants.
🌼 Seed Bombs & Seed Packets – Make and take home seeds to grow your own pollinator paradise.
🦋 Butterfly Kits & Flower Pot Kits – Perfect for little nature lovers!
👑 Name the Queen Bee Drawing – Enter to name our event’s royal pollinator!

Come celebrate Earth Day with us and support the pollinators that make our world bloom!

📍 Location: 326 Dr. MLK JR. ST. N. St. Pete, Fl]
📅 Date & Time: [Saturday, April 19th from 11-4]
🎟️ Free & Family-Friendly!

Intro to Beekeeping Workshop:

Join Josh Harris, owner of Queen & Colony Bee Co as he dives into everything you need to know to start your beekeeping journey. Attendees will learn the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping and observe a live hive as well. Everyone will walk away with lots of practical beekeeping knowledge! Workshop will be held at our Queen & Colony Shop. Address is: 326 DR MLK JR Street N. St. Petersburg, Fl SIGN UP HERE

Feeding bees can be a very helpful and at times needed task in the apiary. Well-nourished bees are much more resistant to disease and virus which makes them healthier and more productive. Learn the ins and outs of feeding your bees.

We're teaming up with The Pinellas Beekeepers Association We are excited to offer a new series of beekeeping workshops geared towards beginner to intermediate beekeepers. With over 15 years of experience keeping bees in the Tampa Bay area, Josh Harris of Queen & Colony Bee Co. will demonstrate the ins and outs of how he keeps his apiaries healthy and growing. These workshops are highly focused on specific skills in the apiary that will make for better beekeepers and healthier bees. Workshops will be limited to 15 attendees so everyone can get the best hands on and personal experience.

Learning to monitor varroa mite levels and treating when needed is a vital skill to learn in maintaining healthy bee colonies.

We're teaming up with Pinellas Beekeepers Association We are excited to offer a new series of beekeeping workshops geared towards beginner to intermediate beekeepers. With over 15 years of experience keeping bees in the Tampa Bay area, Josh Harris of Queen & Colony Bee Co. will demonstrate the ins and outs of how he keeps his apiaries healthy and growing. These workshops are highly focused on specific skills in the apiary that will make for better beekeepers and healthier bees. Workshops will be limited to 15 attendees so everyone can get the best hands on and personal experience.

Ever wonder how honey is harvested and turned into beautiful jars of liquid gold? Now is your chance to find out! Join us at Pete's Bagels as Josh from Queen & Colony takes you through an interactive experience of harvesting honey from start to finish. Not only will you go home with your own jar of the sweet stuff, but we will also have a charcuterie board complete with Pete's bagels, along with a new appreciation of honey bees and all the ins and outs that go into making the best locally made raw honey in Tampa Bay.

There are only 15 seats available. Sunday, October 23 at 2:00pm. Price is $65 per person

Address is: Pete’s Bagels

2361 1st Ave S, St Petersburg, FL 33712

Learn how and why to make splits in your beehive during this intensive, hands-on workshop with Josh Harris of Queen & Colony Bee Company.

We're teaming up with The Pinellas Beekeepers Association We are excited to offer a new series of beekeeping workshops geared towards beginner to intermediate beekeepers. With over 15 years of experience keeping bees in the Tampa Bay area, Josh Harris of Queen & Colony Bee Co. will demonstrate the ins and outs of how he keeps his apiaries healthy and growing. These workshops are highly focused on specific skills in the apiary that will make for better beekeepers and healthier bees. Workshops will be limited to 15 attendees so everyone can get the best hands on and personal experience.

October 1 - 9 AM - Noon - Click this link to register:

Learn about the fascinating honeybee and beekeeping! Join Queen & Colony Beekeeper, Josh Harris, as he shares his knowledge of honeybees and honey with you and your student, sample some delicious honeycomb and view a live observation hive. All ages welcome! 3 and under free! All children must be with an adult that is also signed up. Location is in St. Pete. Address will be given at registration. We have a limit of 25 people total

St.Pete’s largest celebration of all things local! Showcasing over 250 of your favorite independent businesses and community organizations.

10 am till 5 pm at Williams Park

At Sweetwater Community Farm

6942 W Comanche Ave, Tampa, FL 33634

December 8th 1-3

$35

This workshop will feature:

Basic understanding of honeybees

The hive

Tools and equipment

Setting up a bee yard

Getting Bees

Inspecting a colony

Swarm Control

Pests and diseases

Products of the Hive

Join us at Sweetwater Farm as we introduce you to the world of backyard beekeeping. You are not going to want to miss out on this class if you are serious about taking your beekeeping skills to the next level!

$65.00

Saturday Aug 17th // 12-2p

Producing quality cut comb honey is a bit of a lost skill in beekeeping and that is why comb honey is such a rare treat. In this class we will share some of the methods we use to produce cut comb honey with our bees, including:

Choosing colonies for comb production

Setting up frames and supers for cut comb production

Timing your nectar flow

Processing and Packaging your comb honey

As a bonus each participant will get to take home a fresh cut of comb honey.

August 3, 9 a.m. – Noon

$65 – 10 spots

Keeping varroa mite levels under control is one of the most important skills in keeping bees healthy and production these days. This workshop is hands on training in all things varroa. We will learn to:

o Check varroa mite levels in the colony

o Treatment options

o Treatment methods

Join Josh as he dives into backyard beekeeping 101! Attendees will learn the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping and observing a live hive as well. Everyone will walk away with lots of beekeeping knowledge and a jar of Queen & Colony Tampa Bay Area Honey.

July 6, 9 a.m. – Noon $65 – 10 spot
This will be the most hands on training we have offered so far. Participants will get to join us at one of our apiaries where we will go over the following topics:

o Choosing a location to set up your hive

o Lighting a Smoker

o Using Beekeeping Tools

o Colony Inspection

o Queen spotting

Join Josh Harris, founder of Queen & Colony Bee Co., as he dives into backyard beekeeping 101! Attendees will learn the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping. With an observation colony, attendees will have hands on training on how a colony of honeybees works. Everyone will walk away with lots of new beekeeping knowledge as well a jar of local honey.

Join Josh Harris, owner of Queen & Colony Bee Co (formerly Harris Honey) as he dives into backyard beekeeping 101! Attendees will learn the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping. With an observation colony, attendees will have hands on training on how to harvest honey. Everyone will walk away with lots of beekeeping and honey harvesting knowledge and a jar of honey that they harvested.

Learn more and sign up HERE.

Join Josh Harris, owner of Queen & Colony Bee Co (formerly Harris Honey) as he dives into backyard beekeeping 101! Attendees will learn the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping and there will be an observation hive as well. Everyone will walk away with lots of beekeeping knowledge and a jar of Tampa Bay Area Honey.

Learn more and sign up HERE.

We are at the Corey Ave Market every 1st and third Sunday from 10 -2 on St. Pete Beach

The market supports local vendors who sell a variety of locally produced and homemade produce, plants, take home foods, ready to eat lunch bites, hand crafts, eco-friendly and fair trade products and more. Come and join us for a morning of live music, shopping, and a delicious breakfast, brunch or lunch at one of the many area restaurants – all within walking distance.

Corey Avenue Between Boca Ciega Ave and Gulf Blvd, St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706

We are at the Corey Ave Market every 1st and third Sunday from 10 -2 on St. Pete Beach

The market supports local vendors who sell a variety of locally produced and homemade produce, plants, take home foods, ready to eat lunch bites, hand crafts, eco-friendly and fair trade products and more. Come and join us for a morning of live music, shopping, and a delicious breakfast, brunch or lunch at one of the many area restaurants – all within walking distance.

Corey Avenue Between Boca Ciega Ave and Gulf Blvd, St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706

We are at the Indie Flea Market the 1st Saturday of every month

Join us for some great local food, music, and shopping!

1133 Baum Avenue N., St. Petersburg, FL 

Localtopia is presented by Keep Saint Petersburg Local, St Pete's Independence Alliance. The festival, founded in 2014, collectively celebrates all that makes St Pete great via its Arts, Food, Music and Culture. Queen and Colony will have a booth with our local raw honey, and hive products. Also we will be featuring an observation hive to educate and inform our community about honeybees.