Beekeeping Festival
Like the Beekeeping Festival, the traditional Honey Days organised annually by the Slovenian Beekeepers Association in cooperation with individual beekeepers associations will take place next year during the Apimedica and Apiquality 2010 Forum. As part of the Beekeeping Festival, Bled, Dolenjske Toplice, Lipica and Maribor will host a sales exhibition with local beekeepers showcasing their products. They will prepare a diverse social programme and lectures for the broader public. Foreign participants of the Forum will have the opportunity to feel the throb and authenticity of the Slovenian towns and countryside.The purpose of the Beekeeping Festival is to draw the public’s attention to beekeeping as a healthy way of life, to facilitate the use of bee products in nutrition and medicine and to point out the importance of bees for the preservation of the natural environment.
BEEKEEPING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME – BLED
Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1, 2010
in the tent next to the Bled Festival Hall10.00 – 19.00 Beekeeping market, honey tasting, honey-based beverages and honey products.
Lecture on bee and honey products organised within the framework of the Seniors
Day
Friday, 1 October 2010
10.00 Presentation of beekeeping for school children organised within the framework of a
science day; beekeeping market visit and tasting of honey and honey products.
18.00 Closing event with cultural programme
Traditional award ceremony for best beekeeper and best mayor as presented by the
Beekeepers Association of the Gorenjska region
Social gathering of Forum participants and beekeepers of the Gorenjska region
accompanied by live music
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Organised trips for Forum participants.Applications for group visits should be sent to:
PANORAMIC DMC, Irena Smrkolj, T +386 (0)1 600 43 14, F: +386 (0)1 600 43 25; E: irena.smrkolj@panoramic-dmc.com
The organiser reserves the right to amend the programme. Any amendments will be published at www.apimedica.org.
BEEKEEPING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME – DOLENJSKE TOPLICE
Wednesday, September 29 to Saturday, October 2, 2010,
platform in front of the Dolenjske Toplice Cultural and Congress Centre, the Dolenjske Toplice Cultural and Congress Centre, Beekeeping stands09.00 19.00 Honey days in Dolenjske Toplice
Presentation of providers of bee products (sales exhibition), tasting of various types
of honey, mead, honey liqueur, honey pastries; exhibition of bee products and honey
pastries, beekeeping exhibition, beekeeping workshop – manufacturing of candles
and creams made of wax and clay
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
09.00 – 11.00 Lecture for primary and secondary school students: Bees and Pollination16.00– 17.00 Performance by the Semiška ohcet folklore group
19.00 - The Čebelar se ženi (Beekeeper is Getting Married) comedy
Thursday, September 30, 2010
9.00 – 11.00 Lecture for organised groups of retired persons from Slovenia:“The Influence of Honey on Human Health” and “Bees and Pollination” (Dr. Kapš, Fabjan).
16.00 – 17.30 Performance by the Račna folklore group
18.00 – 20.00 Performance by the Topliška pomlad band
20.00 Reception for Forum participants
Friday, October 1, 2010
Presentation for residents of Dolenjska and Bela Krajina12.00 – 19.00 Tasting of the Festival’s golden honeys
16.00 – 17.30 Performance by the Dolenjske Toplice and Dobrepolje folklore groups
18.00 – 22.00 Performance by the Biser band
Saturday, October 2, 2010
14.00 - Performances by choirs from Dolenjska and Bela Krajina18.00 – 23.00 Performance by the Peter Fink band
Applications for group visits should be sent to:
PANORAMIC DMC, Irena Smrkolj, T +386 (0)1 600 43 14, F: +386 (0)1 600 43 25; E: irena.smrkolj@panoramic-dmc.com
The organiser reserves the right to amend the programme. Any amendments will be published at www.apimedica.org.
BEEKEEPING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME – LIPICA
Thursday, September 30 to Sunday, October 3, 2010
09.00 –19.00 Honey days in Lipica
Sales exhibition of bee products, tasting of various types of honey, pollen, propolis, products made of bee products and honey-based beverages, promotion of beekeepers and the region.
Open Days of Beekeeping with individual beekeepers of the Primorska region
Beekeeping exhibition in Štanjel and Lipica
Exhibition of beekeeping photographs
Additional programme: Hiking along the Pliska trail
Thursday, September 30
On Thursday, we will organise lectures for retired persons on the use of bee products (honey, the body and health, pollen, propolis, royal jelly)Friday, October 1, 2010 – additional programme
9.00 - Science day for primary and secondary schools.Lectures for local residents.
Nutritional value of individual bee products, especially as functional food or
functional food ingredients. Examples of successful campaigns for the implementation
and facilitation of use of bee products in the nutrition of children, the elderly and especially
athletes. Use of bee products for personal care (new trends in natural cosmetics).
16.00 – 19.00 Culinary workshops with a renowned chef (combinations of various types of food
and honey, preparation of a dish with added honey, preparation of deserts and
beverages, preparation of honey biscuits).
18.00 - Entreating evening with a cultural and entertaining programme (Lisjaki folk band,
dancers from Štorje, performance by the Brštulin band)
Saturday, October 2, 2010 – additional programme
18.00 - Science day for primary and secondary schools.Lectures for local residents.
Applications for group visits should be sent to:
PANORAMIC DMC, Irena Smrkolj, T +386 (0)1 600 43 14, F: +386 (0)1 600 43 25; E: irena.smrkolj@panoramic-dmc.com
The organiser reserves the right to amend the programme. Any amendments will be published at www.apimedica.org.
BEEKEEPING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME in MARIBOR
Thursday, September 30, Friday October 1 and Saturday October 2, 2010
VIP tent and platform in front of the Arena hotel in the foothills of Pohorje09.00 – 19.00 Market of products from the beehive
Exhibition and sale of apitherapy products made of honey, royal jelly, pollen,
propolis, wax, bee venom; exhibition of honey pastry and dishes made with the
addition of honey and exhibition of recipe books; exhibition of apitherapy-related
literature; exhibition of the beehive for apiary aromatherapy; tasting of various types of
honey, mead and honey liqueur.
9.00, 11.00, 13.00, 15.00
30-minute lectures on bee products for primary and secondary school students
10.00, 12.00, 14.00, 16.00, 18.00
50-minute lectures for organised groups of retired persons from Slovenia on bee products in apitherapy
17.00 50-minute lecture on the use of propolis
Apitherapy workshops (aromatherapy, massages, etc.)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
20.00 Award ceremony for best honey-based beverages
Applications for group visits should be sent to:
PANORAMIC DMC, Irena Smrkolj, T +386 (0)1 600 43 14, F: +386 (0)1 600 43 25; E: irena.smrkolj@panoramic-dmc.com
The organiser reserves the right to amend the programme. Any amendments will be published at www.apimedica.org.