With our events and widespread campaigns, we bring the world of bees and the intricacies of honey production closer to both adults and children.
EVENTS
Preschooler drawing competition
In 2022, we organized a drawing competition for children aged 3-7, allowing them to express the importance of pollinators in their lives using their own creativity. A total of 6,300 entries were submitted during the first months of 2022, with individual and group drawings sent from every seventh preschool in Hungary, as well as forty locations in six neighbouring countries. We personally delivered the prizes to the children at twenty-five locations during a 5,000-kilometer roadshow, where we not only rewarded them but also shared insights about the bees’ work and honey production.
Honey treats contest
Also in 2022, we announced another competition for preschoolers during the advent and Christmas season. The competition encouraged children to create creative items, decorations, or pictures using honey, beeswax, or other beekeeping products. The ten winning preschools were personally visited by one of our ambassadors, Zsófi Szabó. She read stories to the children, and our band, the Nectar Band, delighted them with a mini-concert.
Valley of the Arts Festival
In 2023, we promoted pollinators and honey at one of the most well-known interdisciplinary festivals in Hungary. One of our beekeepers, Gergő Mézes, spent the entire week in the valley, delivering several presentations about pollinators. We also organized a roundtable discussion on the key role of pollination in food production on Earth. The Nectar Band provided entertainment with concerts for the festival’s young audience.
World Bee Day
In 2023, we hosted a hundred children at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. For elementary school students, one of our beekeepers, Gergő Mézes, presented a live demonstration with bees and transparent-walled hives, allowing the children to taste different types of honey. Under the guidance of our ambassador, Zsófi Szabó, the students participated in a quiz game to test their knowledge. They also visited Europe’s largest pollinator exhibition and listened to a special children’s performance by the Nectar Band.
Bee pasture
Shortly after the launch of the “Bee the Solution!” program, we relocated a bee colony consisting of approximately forty to sixty thousand individuals to a bee pasture to the rooftop of an office building in Budapest. With this action, we aimed to draw the attention of urban residents to the fact that they can contribute to the well-being of pollinators.
