Save The Date!!
6th Annual HONEYBEE & HARVEST DAY
Sunday, September 20, 2026 (Noon – 3 pm)
The day kicks off with a Honeybee Costume Parade featuring YOU in costume marching & buzzing behind our Queen Bee! Harvest Demonstrations, Food, Games & Activities for Families, Cool Education Stations, Music by DJ Jason Miller, Raffle Baskets… and more. Tell your friends and we’ll see you on September 20th!
Scroll down for full details of the day!
Thanks to Our Special Guests:
- Our Queen Bee – Dani LongLegs
- DJ Jason Miller
- Howard Gardner School Marching Band
- Ask A Beekeeper
- Old Time Apple Press
- More to Be Announced Soon!
- And YOU! You’ve made The Annual HONEYBEE PARADE famous!
A Bee-utiful Day in Nay Aug Park!
12-3pm: HONEYBEE & HARVEST DAY ACTIVITIES
Buzz around all the Festivities, Food, and Fun
at The Greenhouse Project in Nay Aug Park!
Family-Friendly fun for all ages to enjoy – Held at The Greenhouse Project – 200 Arthur Ave., Scranton
Games, Activities, Food, Music, Education Stations, Harvest Demos, and more!
- Wear your costume and join the Annual Honeybee Costume Parade
- See an Old-Fashioned Apple Press in Action – with Gwen Philmeck & Nick Kochis
- Learn about Honey and Beekeeping – with Beekeeper Casie Gaylets
- Buzz around and get happy to Music by DJ Jason Miller
- Take your photo with our Queen Bee, Dani LongLegs (12-2 pm)
- Other activities to be announced soon, so stay tuned!
12:15 pm – HONEYBEE COSTUME PARADE
Join the Swarm! Help Kick Off Honeybee & Harvest Day
with our famous parade buzzing through Nay Aug Park!
Get your costumes ready to and come join our salute to pollinators and the beauty of the harvest. Fly behind our Queen Bee, Dani LongLegs, and the Howard Gardner School Marching Band. Stay around afterwards for photos with The Queen!
Need help making your costume? Check out our links here for great DIY ideas. Or… Wear black or yellow and we’ll stripe you up with tape to look like a bee! Buzzz!
Some Easy Online Ideas to Get You Buzzing!
(and remember – it’s not just for kids!)
https://sugarbeecrafts.com/no-sew-bumble-bee-costume
How cute is this no-sew bee costume by sugarbeecrafts.com! We are buzzing with excitement about all the creative costumes we will see at the Honeybee Costume Parade. Buzz buzz!!
Check out this easy DIY bee antenna headband created by onecreativemommy.com. A perfect accessory to wear in our Honeybee Costume Parade! Hope you can join the swarm!
www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Bee-Costume
No bee costume, no problem!! A fun and easy DIY costume you can make at home with just a few simple items. Who will you Bee?? Worker bee, queen bee, sparkly bee, punk rock bee, the mad scientist bee?
www.skiptomylou.org/easy-butterfly-costume/
Or what about a Butterfly? Thanks to skiptomylou.org, it’s quick and easy to come out of your chrysalis and become a butterfly. Butterflies are pollinators, too!
ALL DAY – THE GREENHOUSE WILL BE SWARMING WITH COOL EDUCATION STATIONS!
COME FOR THE MUSIC & THE FOOD!
COME FOR THE COOL EDUCATION STATIONS!
COME FOR THE GAMES & THE RAFFLE BASKETS!
SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Enormous thanks to our generous sponsors and community partners.
You put the wind under our wings to make this day possible!
MAJOR EVENT SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS – WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU!
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