Saturday, September 15, 2012
Fall has come to Atlanta and with the changing of the season the metro area celebrates with weekly festivals. It seems that there is at least one, if not multiple festivals each weekend starting at the end of August and running through the beginning of November. The Honeybee Festival is one of these festivals. Held each year at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford, Georgia the festival celebrates bee keepers and their craft. The festival featured numerous family friendly activities including bee games and crafts, honey samples and numerous beekeepers were on site to answer questions. I photographed the festival for a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Laura Henderson (left) helps her son Ryan paint a rock to make it look like a bee during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Tessa Adamson participates in the Bees on Parade during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Brian Sterner (right) dances with Josefine Gruen, Tessa Adamson and Anne Osterloh during the Bees on Parade at the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Anna Bright (right) and Kaitlyn and Tyler Sciavicco look at a glass encased bee hive during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Anna Bright (left) and Kaitlyn Sciavicco look at a glass encased bee hive during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Lindsay Grindle (right) and his son Sean look at a glass encased bee hive during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Kaitlyn Sciavicco and her brother Tyler taste honey as Anna Bright talks to the beekeeper at Dances with Bees during the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Tyler Sciavicco looks at the numerous types of honey to try at the third annual Honeybee Festival at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, September 15, 2012.