Honeybees and Mead – Connecting the Sweet Golden Dots

Location of Seven Bends State Park in Virginia

Where

Seven Bends State Park, 2111 South Hollingsworth Road, Woodstock, VA 22664.
Lupton Access - Barn - 1191 Lupton Rd.

When

Oct. 17, 2024. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Honeybees and their human keepers have been teaming up for thousands of years to not only make nutritious honey, but also to turn some of it into the oldest alcoholic beverage known to man – honey mead. Join beekeepers and mead makers on a short walking tour and visit to the Shenandoah County Beekeepers working apiary at Seven Bends State Park, followed by an introductory talk on the originals of mead, the basic process of fermenting honey into mead, and then enjoy samples of local mead. This program is geared towards adults 21 or older. There is a $5 charge for the program at will be collected that evening.

A valid daily or annual parking pass must be displayed in vehicles while parked on the property.

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Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: Yes.
Extra fee: $5.
Registration required: Yes.
Children welcome: No.
Phone: 540-630-4718
Email Address: sevenbends@dcr.virginia.gov