Educational Exhibit

The Nebraska State Fair features educational exhibits of bees, beekeeping and hive products. The educational exhibit includes live bees in observation hives and a plexiglass booth containing a free-flying colony. Members of the Nebraska Beekeepers Association staff the exhibit to answer questions and daily demonstrations of a beekeeper opening a colony are scheduled.

Displays of hive products and information about pollination are also included in the educational exhibit. Teachers can sign up to have a beekeeper visit their classroom, and visitors can sign up to receive information about beginning beekeeping classes. The State Fair is also a great place to join the Nebraska Beekeepers Association and be part of the fun.

Images of Exhibits

Each day a beekeeper opens a hive and demonstrates how to examine a colony.	A beekeeper demonstrates how a swarm of bees forms a cluster around their queen.
You can learn to recognize the queen, drones and workers while enjoying a honey ice cream cone.	This observation hive contains a newly-hived swarm that is busy building honey combs.
Bees pollinate crops worth 10 billion dollars in the U.S. You can learn more about pollination from the educational display.	Many useful products made from beeswax are displayed. Did you know that many cosmetics are made from beeswax?