Our first annual Honeybee Folk Festival will feature local bands from the Northland and a few surprises from outside our region. In addition to truly great music (FRIDAY 8/3: Northern Shoveler, Gossamer Strings, Lowland Lakers, Black River Revue and SATURDAY 8/4: Moonlight Community, Northern Shoveler, Woodblind, Feeding Leroy, and LASKA) we are going to have quite a bit of information and fun pollinator friendly activity goin on.

We plan to start celebrating the honeybee on Friday 3:00 pm with an pronouncement from the Mayor of Carlton and the Carlton City Council  stating the City of Carlton has become a Pollinator Friendly Town as outlined by the Pollinate Minnesota organization.

Special Pollinator Friendly Activites

• City of Carlton - a Pollinator Friendly Town
• Honey Bee Poem and Story Hour
• Bees and Blooms Hike - Jay Cooke State Park
• Bee Lodge Construction
• Presentations from Master Gardeners - U of MN Extension

Vendors Selling:

• Beeswax candles
• Health/beauty products
• Hives and beekeeping supplies
• Honey
• Salves
• Cough syrup
• Pollinator-friendly perennials
• Area potters and artists who have incorporated bee images into their work
• Honey based fruit spritzers and made-from-honey alcohol products (White Winter Winery)
• Pollinators Blend Peace Coffee (Magnolia Cafe)
• Food items that include honey