Chippewa Valley Bee Expo: Know Before You GO
The Chippewa Valley Bee Expo, a new annual family event dedicated to educating members of the community about pollinators and natural living practices, will take place at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 9 AM to 4 PM. It will be an exciting day packed with presentations, youth programs, raffles, and, of course, honey. This is the place to be for more information on everything bees and the environment. Here is everything you need to know about the inaugural Bee Expo:
Event Overview
- Date & Time: April 12, 2025; 9 AM – 4 PM
- Location: Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, 225 Edward St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Important Information
- Registration:
- Tickets are $15 each, with kids 10 and under FREE.
- Veteran & Senior Citizen discounts are available through email: [email protected]
- Tickets can be purchased online through Volume One, or purchased in person at Blaine’s Farm & Fleet, Festival Foods in Chippewa Falls or Eau Claire, or Hazuga’s True Value Hardware
- Food Trucks & Vendors
- Food trucks will be available throughout the day, featuring Mi Mi Café, Live Great Food, Smackdaddy’s, The Burrito Guy, and Beez Neez.
- There will be over 40 different vendors at the expo, many offering fun games and giveaways for you to win. You can see the full list here!
Families With Kids
Thinking about bringing your kid? The expo has a kids corner with fun activities, including:
- Face painting in the morning.
- Balloons by Kevin in the afternoon.
- Bee-themed stickers, bracelets, and activity pages to keep your kid busy and entertained!
Schedule
The expo will be jam-packed full of demonstrations and events happening throughout the expo for you to explore. Here is a comprehensive list of all the action!
- Main Stage Demonstrations:
- 9:00 AM: Expo kickoff with 2025 Wisconsin Honey Queen Emily Sydow
- 9:15 AM: Flowering Lawns: Create a Pollinator-Friendly Property
- 10:00 AM: Peggy DeSanto: Hive Hugger Winter System
- 11:00 AM: Wayne Honey: Raising Queens
- 11:45 AM: Pheasants Forever
- 12:45 PM: Drew Kaiser: Wanna Be a Beekeeper?
- 1:30 PM: Bee Squad: Let’s Fight Mites
- 2:30 PM: USDA: Our Programs
- 3:35 PM: Large Ticket Raffle
- Cooking with Honey Demonstrations (with a prize drawing after each one!):
- 9:00 AM: Honey vs. Sugar
- 9:30 AM: Abundant Acres: Soap with Honey
- 10:00 AM: Mi Mi Café: Sweet & Sour Chicken with Honey + Honey Lemonade
- 10:30 AM: Silverling Centennial Farm Market
- 11:00 AM: Taste & Try: Honey of a Fudge Sauce
- 11:45 AM: Salty Earth Farms: Using Dried Flowers to Infuse Tallow & Create Oils
- 12:30 PM: Taste & Try: Energy Bar
- 1:15 PM: Paula’s Infusion: Go Natural
- 2:00 PM: Galen Klisiewicz: Chicken Honey Adobo with Atchara Salad (Philippine Recipe)
- 2:45 PM: Aundre Brown: Cinnamon Honey Challah
- Booth Breakout Demos:
- 9:00 AM & 2:00 PM: What’s New at Mann Lake
- 10:00 AM: Creek Slide Food Plots
- 10:30 AM & 2:30 Pm: Du Wayne: Honey Processing Demo- Uncapping Honey, Honey Tasting, Cream Honey & Comb Honey
- 11:00 AM: Nex Gen Motor Sports: See What’s New & Exciting
- 11:30 AM: The Butcher Block: Food Preservation
- 12:00 PM: Pheasants Forever & USDA
- 1:00 PM: Peggy DeSanto: Hive Hugger Q&A
- 2:00 PM: Bee Haven: See the New Hives & Learn How They Work
- 3:00 PM: Flowering Lawn Seed: Making the Change for Nature
Additional Information
- Local Honey
- Couldn’t get enough honey at the expo? Klinger’s Farm Market sells locally produced honey year-round!
- See More
- If you’re looking for more information about the Chippewa Valley Bee Expo and the people behind it, check out their website below!
Chippewa Valley Bee Expo Website
