Sunday 20 May 10am - 4pm What'sIn The on Access from Monnow Street Car Park Celebrating NP25 3UZ UN World Bee Bees for Development Awareness Day

• Artizani Bee Theatre • Bee Friendly - how to help insect pollinators • Bees for Development - Learn about our work world-wide • Bumble Bee Conservation Trust • Face painting • Family fun activities and competitions Bees for Development • Gwent Beekeepers CIO Sunday May 20 is • Honey tasting United Nations World • Identify and enjoy wild bees with Bee Awareness Day. entomologist Roger Ruston Every year on this day people world-wide are • Plant stalls encouraged to consider • See bees close up! the importance of • Skep making preserving bees and other insect pollinators. • Teas and cakes all day • Tombola

Monmouth Bee Festival is organised by Bees for Development and Bee Friendly Monmouthshire.

All funds raised at Bee Festival support the international work of Bees for Development UK Charity 1078803 Sunday 20 May 2018

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K T THE Hire R O Club C E LD VE volunteers put in over 1,000 hours to create a E O I R 3 5 R PRIORY M R THE ROUNDHOUSE . T slope, frogs and newts inhabit the pond Ancre Hill S Industrial D (National Trust) T. A B Vineyard Y S S S ST JAME Estate community orchard of 60 trees – apple, pear, O RO on R R W R S OO O E C SQ. K N O T K E N I I n with damsel and dragon flies and a pair of H C S T O W a A M R O e T R T. Vehicle & Pedestrian plum, gage, damson, medlar, crab apple, E VE P S I S T Underpass mallards. R CHURCH M A . HADN To Of R T st of D fa’s Y e sweet chestnut, almond and hazel. LAN E Dyke Path ’S S r Y MONMOUTH SHIRE S S T E R HALL R M 0 Fo E 4 & E E A T J A T d (remains of) T r 3. Footbridge over Monnow River beside A Primary School Skate Park S To Clearwell Beaufort 6 W R Monmouth 3 O Court 41 7. Lancaster Way CKFIELD School

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