The Langley Demonstration Garden wakes up each spring not with an alarm clock but with a buzz. The Festival of the Bees on Saturday, May 23, was the spring wake-up for the public greenspace. The annual family-oriented gathering was hosted by the Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum. The event featured local vendors, live music, and interactive workshops like crafts and seed bomb making. People attending could pick up a variety of pollinator-friendly plants and seeds, enjoy honey samples, and learn
about the demonstration garden, which is the site of many LEPS workshops throughout the year as well as walking trails, a covered picnic shelter, and a community garden. The Langley Bee Club was on hand with a few thousand bees, safely confined to a see-through hive, mason bee items, tools used in beekeeping, and honey treats.
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Bees are cool I guess.
So they’re bringing “a few thousand bees” in a see-through box and just… letting families hang out? That seems like one bad day away from chaos. But hey, honey samples I guess?
Wait, seed bomb making sounds fun but isn’t that illegal sometimes? Like planting random seeds everywhere? Also mason bees sound made up, I thought honey bees were the main thing. I’m confused but I want to go anyway.
This is the kind of thing we need more of—community garden, pollinator plants, the whole vibe. I love that it’s at the arboretum too, like you can bring the kids and not worry about them being bored. Also those “walking trails” always look peaceful online, wish our town did stuff like this. Still kinda wild they had live bees out there, even if it’s a clear hive.