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2017 Schedule of Events

Chi Hive Yoga

$12
THE CHI HIVE
Time: 8:00 AM
22 Main Street

Buzz on by for our regular weekly Buzz n’ Flow Vinyasa practice with Jean Raazi level 2/3.

Come visit the Chi Hive Booth on Main Street for Solar Lanterns, hand crafted bee pins and other honey related artisanal products. PLUS Shaved Ice with simple honey based syrups and  put your name in the honey pot for a chance to win a 6 class card! 

Colonial beekeeping

FREE EVENT
FORT DELAWARE
Time: 10:00 AM
6615 State Route 97

Watch local beekeepers at work, and learn how they used not just the honey but the wax! This is a perfect opportunity to see honeybees live in action and to learn about their important role in survival in colonial times!

BuTTerfly release

FREE EVENT
Ed Wesely & Girls Scouts, Troop 448
Tusten Heritage Community Garden, DeMauro Lane
Time: 10:30 am

3rd Annual Monarch Butterfly release with Ed Wesely (Founder, Butterfly Barn). Local Girl Scouts Brownie Troop 448 will give away milkweed pod & pollinator clay seed disk (by SunshineSeedRZ) - Tour the Tusten Heritage Community Garden. Children welcome & encouraged. This event is sponsored by the Upper Delaware Scenic By-Way. Pollinator Seed clay disk donated by SunshineSeedRZ

Vendor Market

FREE EVENT
Main Street
Time: Noon - 5pm

Local and regional vendors will have a variety of bee related goodies, including local honey, beeswax, candles, honey based food, bee friendly clothing, pollinator plants, natural soap and honey made cosmetics. Make sure to pop into the Main Street Merchants as well for even more honey based menus, honey wine, honey spirits, books and wonderful bee gifts!

American Foul Brood Lecture

FREE EVENT
Paul Cappy
Apiculturist, NYS Dept.of Agriculture & Markets
Narrowsburg Union
Time: Noon
7 Erie Avenue

If you are a beekeeper you will not want to miss this. NY Apiculturist Paul Cappy will be giving a brief lecture on American Foul Brood which has had a recent outbreak in NY State. He will discuss how to diagnose, treat and prevent future outbreaks. An absolute must if you keep hives!

Honey Spirit Tastings

FREE EVENT
Narrowsburg Fine Wine and Spirits
Narrowsburg Proper
Time: Noon - 4pm
44 Main Street

Narrowsburg Fine Wine and Spirits will have a tasting of KAS Krupnikas, a family recipe distilled with local honey and a secret blend of spices. Barrows Ginger Intense Liqueur will also be at hosting a cocktail tasting with their delicious mixer.
Noon - 4pm

Narrowsburg Proper will have Claire Marin owner and creator of Catskill Provisions, offering cocktails using her own Catskill Provisions whiskey and honey.
1:00- 3:30pm

one mIle Honeybee Fun Run

FREE EVENT
The Narrowsburg Union
7 Erie Ave
Time: 12:30

The Chi Hive presents a one mile Honeybee Fun Run, come dressed as a bee and run, walk or jog through Narrowsburg! The start and finish are at in front of the Narrowsburg Uinion.

Main Street Parade and costume Contest

FREE EVENT
Main Street
Time: 12:30PM
Lineup: 12:15, The Union, 7 Erie Ave.

Get your best bee costume on, dress up the kids, the dog and drive down in your vintage car and join the Honeybee Parade! Line is at 12:15 at The Union and the parade will march down Main Street. Then stick around because those costumes will be reviewed by "Special Guest" judges who will award cash prizes to the best Adult and Kids costumes!

Bee LIVE Music

FREE EVENT
DVVA Upper Deck
Time: 12:00 - 4:30pm
Main Street

This year we have three amazing musical acts performing on Main Street,
so put your best bee suit on dance dance dance the afternoon away! 

LITTLE SPARROW Noon -1:30pm
DJ LANI - 2:00- 3:30pm
THE WELL BOTTOMERS  3:30 -4:30pm

Pollinator Migration

FREE EVENT
Ed Wesely
Maison Bergogne, 226 Bridge Street
Time: 12:30 pm Duration: Half Hour

Hosted at Maison Bergogne, Ed Wesely (Founder, Butterfly Barn) will present Monarch Migration pollinator slide power point. Learn about the annual migration of the Monarch Butterfly to Mexico & what you can do to support this & other endangered pollinators. This event is sponsored by the Upper Delaware Scenic By-Way

Bee expert PANEL DISCUSSION

FREE EVENT
Tusten Theater
Time: 1:00 PM
210 Bridge Street

A panel of bee experts discuss beekeeping, gardening and the current problems facing bees and other pollinators. Guest speakers for 2017 include Master Beekeeper Frank Licata and Scott McArt, honeybee researcher at Cornell University's Pollinator Network. We'll be announcing additional speakers and the moderator for this event very soon! For more info click HERE

Honey Extraction Demo

FREE EVENT
Susie Forzano Norton and Rich Norton
Cackletown Honey Farm, Narrowsburg
The Union, 7 Erie Avenue
Time: 1:30pm
Susie and Rich from Cackletown Honey Farm return again this year to to demonstrate the fascinating method of extracting honey from the comb!

Beehive Health Seminar

FREE EVENT
Dr. Scott McArt, Cornell University
The Union, 7 Erie Avenue
Time: 2:30 pm

Dr. McArt, assistant professor of pollinator health at Cornell University will hold a 1 hour seminar on common parasites/pathogens in New York and how individual beekeeper management practices contribute to overall health of bees in the state. He will also offer simple methods to assess varroa levels as well as diagnosing other problems in the hive. 

Beekeeping 101

FREE EVENT
Charlie Kinbar
President Northeast PA Beekeepers Association
The Union, 7 Erie Avenue
Time: 3:30pm

Master Beekeeper Charlie Kinbar return again this year for a 1 hour crash course in beekeeping. Charlie is currently the President of the Northeast PA Beekeepers Association in Honesdale, PA and a former PA bee inspector. With over 30 plus years experience to share this class is not to be missed, perfect for both new and experienced beekeepers of all ages.

BEE MEDITATION

FREE
THE CHI HIVE
Time: 4:00 PM
22 Main Street

Join us for a 15 minute meditation, 5 minute BEE BREATH breathing practice  
(pranayama) and a hang with delicious tea from 2Queens Honey and Honey Bee Herbs.

Come visit the Chi Hive Booth on Main Street for Solar Lanterns, hand crafted bee pins and other honey related artisanal products. PLUS Shaved Ice with simple honey based syrups and put your name in the honey pot for a chance to win a 6 class card! 

DRUM CIRCLE

FREE
THE CHI HIVE
Time: 4:30 pm
22 Main Street

SongBird Studios leads an all level all ages Drum Circle - celebrate all that is sweet and golden!

Come visit the Chi Hive Booth on Main Street for Solar Lanterns, hand crafted bee pins and other honey related artisanal products. PLUS Shaved Ice with simple honey based syrups and put your name in the honey pot for a chance to win a 6 class card! 

Mildred Archaeology

FREE EVENT
Mildred's Lane
37B Main Street
Time: 4-6pm

Mildred Archaeology is an ongoing project revealing hidden histories of Mildred’s Lane. The old farmhouse on site is a small, 1830-1840s homestead with a 1790s hearth. We call this historic building The Mildred House, and The Mildred’s Lane Transhistorical Society and Museum. J. Morgan Putt will also be selling her families Big Island Honey from Hawaii all day.

Andi rae and the back river bullies

$20 Advance/$25 At The Door
Tusten Theater
210 Bridge Street
Time: 7pm

DVAA presents Andi Rae and the Back River Bullies! Kick up yer boots after Honeybee Fest with Andi Rae and the Back River Bullies, an indie-country band straight outta Brooklyn. Described as “a dangerous woman,” Andi writes and performs original honky-tonk tunes with a healthy dose of flair.
For more info: www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org or on Facebook

Much more to come, stay tuned!