Schedule of Events10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Yachats Commons Building and Pavilion, 441 Hwy 101

Speakers, Displays, Tastings, Puppet Shows, Vendors | Admission at door $5 person | children under age 12 Free

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Cape Perpetua Visitors Center, 2400 Hwy 101 (3 miles south of the Yachats Commons) Speaker | Admission is Free | $5 parking fee or display

Northwest Forest Pass, Oregon Coast Passport, federal recreation pass

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Yachats Commons PavilionHoney Hoedown and Bonfire

Entry fee $5 person | Sliders/mead available for sale 5-8PM | Music by “Red Diesel” 6-9PM

Ongoing Education & DisplaysMulti-Purpose Room

• Dr. David Gordon, Oregon Coast Bee Display • Central Coast Beekeepers Association • Lane County BeeKeepers Association • Pollinator Restoration Project • Photos Display • Hive Observation

VendorsMulti-Purpose Room and Pavilion

• Shonnard’s Nursery • Honey Tree Apiaries • Mushroom People’s Honey • J.W. Merc• Nectar Creek • Beekeepers Carpenter–Valkyrie Long Hives • Mountain Rose Herbs • Mercer Ridge

Farm Honey Products • Sundial Arts Eco-Apparel and Friends • Healthy Bees=Healthy Gardens

• SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS •

11:30-12:30

Designing A Pollinator Gardenpresented by Andrea ShonnardCommons PavilionThis year marks Shonnard’s 35 year anniversary! Shonnard’s Nursery, Florist and Landscape has been the go-to-place for Corvallis gardeners, providing plants, gardening supplies and helpful advice (and more recently beekeeping supplies.) Andrea grew up surrounded by plants, acquiring knowledge and appreciation for plants and their varying attributes. With her wealth of knowledge, she will provide you with the basics of designing a beautiful pollinator garden. And even if you are unable to attend the talk, don’t miss the wonderful array of plants Shonnard’s has for sale today in the Commons Pavilion.

12:45-1:45

Honey Bees: Insights on Some Fascinating Bee Behaviors and the Africanized Bee presented by Dr. Ramesh SagiliRoom 8Dr. Sagili is an Associate Professor in the Deptart-ment of Horticulture at OSU. He obtained his Ph.D. in Entomology from Texas A&M University in 2007 specializing in honey bee research. His primary research focus at OSU is honey bee health, nutrition and pollination. He initiated the creation of the Or-egon Master Beekeeper Program, and has received many research awards and authored several publi-cations. Today Dr. Sagili will illustrate fascinating behaviors of honey bees and share the history and update us on the status of the Africanized bee.

10:30-11:30

Honey Tasting #1 presented by Jeffrey WarrenRoom 5Jeffrey Warren is the owner/operator of JW Merc and is a connoisseur of specialty honeys. Jeffrey spent many years in the food and wine industries honing his culinary senses. He will offer a delightful sensory tasting, featuring a flight of unique honeys, helping you to experience the subtle differences of each.

10:30-11:30

Weird and Wonderful Bees of Oregonpresented by Dr. Sarah KincaidRoom 8Dr. Kincaid is an entomologist and pollinator spe-cialist in the Insect, Pest Prevention and Manage-ment Program, Oregon Department of Agriculture. She is also the co-founder and ODA lead for the Oregon Bee Project. Sarah will speak about a few of the 500 species of bees in Oregon and specifical-ly about five very cool bees that visit our gardens and backyards. The talk will focus on concepts for creating and maintaining bee habitat in a backyard setting and introduce some state initiatives to pro-tect bees.

11:30-12:30

Puppet Show #1 presented by Penny WaltersMulti-Purpose RoomPenny Walters, who has a MA in education, is a writer, producer and director of original musicals that she performs at schools, festivals, libraries…anywhere where kids and families gather. Her fun and energetic show will help both children and adults gain a better understanding of honey bees and other pollinators.

• SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS •

12:45-1:45

Mead Tasting #1presented by Phillip and Nick LorenzCommons PavilionPhillip and Nick Lorenz are brothers and co-owners of Nectar Creek in Philomath Oregon. While they sold their first batches of mead in their hometown of Corvallis, their success and the growing demand for their product pushed them to a larger facility in Philomath. The brothers focus on Session Meads, which are meads less than 10% ABV and carbonat-ed. The meads are light, clean and refreshing, made from raw honey sourced directly from sustainable beekeepers.

1:00-2:00

Roles of Native Bees in Pollination of Native Plant Communities presented by Dr. David GordonCape Perpetua Visitors Center - 3 miles so. on 101Insect biologist, David Gordon, will introduce the audience to the diversity and natural history of bees in general, emphasizing the species native to North America (Honey bees were introduced to the New World). Displays of pinned specimens, posters, short movie clips, and slide presentations will illustrate the diversity of species collected from farms, orchards, state parks, coastal sand dunes, and residential neighborhoods in California, Oregon, Kentucky, Missouri, and Indiana.

2:00-2:45

Puppet Show #2presented by Penny Walters/Multi-Purpose Room

2:00-2:45

Honey Tasting #2presented by Jeffrey Warren/Room 5

3:00-3:45

The Medicinal Properties of Honeypresented by Fred SelbyRoom 8Fred Selby is Department Manager and Beekeep-ing Specialist for Shonnard’s Nursery. As a second generation beekeeper from Chico California, Fred managed his father’s commercial apiary for 15 years, including caring for 6,000 hives and raising over 30,000 queens. For most of Fred’s life, he has used honey for more than a just delicious substitute for sugar. He will share some of honey’s beneficial properties for healing, and share some of the rea-sons it should be a part of your first aid kit as well as in the kitchen.

3:00-3:45

Mead Tasting #2presented by Phillip Lorenz/Commons Pavilion

4:00 Program inside the Yachats Commons end

SHONNARD’SNURSERY

EMERALD COAST REALTY

COASTAL HOMES AND LAND

Many Thanks To Our Sponsors!

Honey Lovers Food & Drink and Pollinator Themed Goods & Crafts

6 Adobe Resort Restaurant, Lounge & Gift Shop 541-547-314124 Antique Virgin 541-547-275719 Bread and Roses Bakery & Café 541-547- 4454 1 Dancing Dogs Gallery 541-547-389027 Dark Water Gift Shop 541-547-347327 Drift Inn Historic Café & Pub and Gift Shop 541-547-4477 1 Earthworks Gallery 541-547-430026 Green Salmon Bakery, Coffee & Tea 541- 547-307722 Judith’s Kitchen Tools 541-547-302022 Just Local 541-547-3848 15 Leroy’s Blue Whale Family Restaurant 541-547-3399 28 Luna Sea Fish House 541-547-479422 Mari’s Books and... 541-547-302234 Ona Restaurant & Lounge 541-547-6627 5 Outta Gas Pizza 541-547-4424 3 Overleaf Spa 541-547-4885 22 Planet Yachats 541-547-4410 29 Sea Note Lounge 541-547-3612 The Laughing Crab Gallery (just north of #1) 541-521-9530 9 The Village Bean Drive Thru Coffee 541-547-4442 21 Toad Hall 541-547-4044 28 Topper’s Ice Cream & Candies 541-547-3273 1 Touchstone Gallery 541- 547-412128 Turtle Island Candle Co. 541-547-5101 4 Village Gift Gallery 541-547-3636 1 Wave Gallery 541-547-4405 23 Yachats Brewing + Farmstore 541-547-388417 Yachats Cannabis Co. (Grand Opening)16 Yachats Commons27 Yachats Mercantile 541-547-306024 Yachats Mystic Antiques 541-547-541433 Yachats Underground Pub and Grub 541-547-4600 25 Ya-Hots Video 541-547-4117

Shop Yachats SurpriseBring the Yachats Visitor Center 3 receipts from purchases you make between Feb 8-10 in Yachats shops and galleries and pick up a fun surprise gift.

• ALL DAY ABOUT TOWN •

Yachats Visitor Center Winter HoursFriday-Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

241 Hwy 101, between west 2nd & 3rd541-547-3530 | info@yachats.org

7th Street

YachatsCommons

4th Street

BUSINESS LOCATIONS

Many shops and restaurants throughout Yachats will participate in the honey and pollinator-friendly theme this weekend. Follow the yellow bee hives in windows...

For details see Yachats.org and postings at the Commons on festival weekend.

124 Hwy 101 NorthYachats, OR 97498(541) 547-4477The-Drift-Inn.com

LODGING&DINING

Historic Pub & CafeEclectic Lodging

Thank YouTo Our Contributors!

Adobe Resort

Fireside Inn

Overleaf Lodge

Yachats Inn

Luna Sea Fish House

Thursday through Tuesday 4-8:30 pm(open 7 days + lunch in summer)

OnaRestaurant.com | 541-547-6627 | 131 Hwy 101

“The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century. The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.”

–Achim Steiner, Executive Director UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Adobe Resort • Walnut Chicken with lavender infused honey • Grilled Scallops with smoked honey champagne glaze

Antique Virgin • Honey (amber) jewelry: pendants, earrings and bracelets

Bread & Roses • Warm Winter Honey Scones • Baklava • Honey Chevre Cheesecake with fresh Blackberries • Honey Infused Coffee and Tea Specials • Honey Nut Granola • Honey Sweetened Sesame Spelt, Struan, SproutedRye Breads

Dark Water Gift Shop • Beautiful Bee Cards

Drift Inn Historic Café & Pub • Honey and orange glazed wild Chinook Salmon served with heirloom wild rice, and chef ’s choice vegetable. • Appetizer: Cilantro lime and honey sticky prawns • Rogue’s Honey Kolsch on tap

Judith’s Kitchen Tools • A nice variety of honey tools

Just Local • Pollinator-themed cards, bee pottery, and more

Luna Sea Fish House • Two Crab Cakes with honey-habanero aioli served with Jasmine rice and sauteed vegetables• Crab stuffed Halibut with honey-mustard glaze, baked potato, sauteed vegetables, choice of salad or chowder• Appetizers: Two crab cakes with honey-mustard sauce | Grilled Tiger prawns with honey glaze

Ona Restaurant and Lounge • Cocktail: Pear Toddy made with Clear Creek pear brandy, local wildflower honey, cinnamon and lemon • Dessert: black sesame honey ice cream

Sea Note Lounge • Breakfast: Apple raisin strudel with honey custard • Lunch: Pepper Prawns with honey butter• Dinner: Grilled Chicken on a bed of spinach with honey balsamic glaze

The Village Bean Drive Thru Coffee • Honey Hand Pies with cardamom, sugar, and honey • Van Honey Lattes

Touchstone Gallery • beeswax candles by local beekeepers/candlemakers Honeystone Candles • bee-themed artworks and jewelry

Toad Hall • Pollinator themed artwork, cards, and jewelry

Turtle Island Candle Co. • Jars of honey from Oh Honey! , one-of-a-kind pollinator art tee shirts and nature based arts, including one-of-a-kind agate candles.

Yachats Brewing + Farmstore • housemade honey beers • local meads • special menu

Yachats Mercantile • books on bees • bee garden sticks • boarding houses for bees or ladybugs • bee notecards

Yachats Mystic Antiques • blown glass bumble bee pendant necklaces $8 • books on beekeeping and other bee themed treasures

Yachats Underground Pub and Grub • Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings served with Celery, Cucumber, Bell Pep-per and Blue Cheese or Ranch Dressing • Honey Sriracha Sauteed Prawns served on bed of Organic Spring Salad Greens with Garlic Toast • Honey Pan-Fried Bananas drizzled with 99 Bananas Liquor, Cinnamon and Fresh Dairy Whipped Cream • Bees Knees Cocktail made with Gin, Honey and Lime Juice

• ABOUT TOWN SPECIALS •

Saturday night, Feb. 9 Join us around a toasty bonfire!

HONEY HOEDOWN

Live Music 6-9pm

by RED DIESEL $5 entry/person

Sliders/mead available for sale 5-8pm: Deck Family Farm honey smoked Pork Slider served with Bee Pollen Slaw 15 Honey smoked wild Mushrooms Slider served with Bee Pollen Slaw 15 No Host Bar serving mead and honey beer

WHERE: Yachats Commons Pavilion (441 Hwy 101, behind the building)