This National Honey Bee Day (third Saturday in August), craft beer lovers and backyard gardeners alike are raising a glass to the hardest-working MVPs in the food chain: honey bees, the pollinators responsible for one out of every three bites we eat. Started in 2009 by a small group of passionate American beekeepers and officially recognized by the USDA, the day is all about celebrating bees, spreading real talk on colony collapse, and getting everyone from kids to brewers involved in saving them.
Fun (and slightly mind-blowing) fact: it takes roughly 2 million flower visits for a hive to make just one pound of honey. That means every pour of Track 7 Brewing’s fan-favorite Bee Line Honey Blonde Ale represents about 260 million tiny bee flights—talk about liquid gold earned the hard way!
“National Honey Bee Day brings together beekeepers, brewers, schools, and neighborhoods to turn awareness into real action,” say the folks at Pennsylvania Apiculture Inc., the nonprofit that’s steered the celebration since 2010. The best part? Anyone can join for free: plant native wildflowers, ditch the harsh pesticides, buy local honey (or a honey beer), or just share a bee-friendly post. Small moves, massive impact—one flower, one pint, one hive at a time. Save the bees, then toast them
National Honey Bee Day
National Honey Bee Day, celebrated every third Saturday in August, is the one day America collectively says “thank you” to the tiny superheroes that pollinate one-third of everything we eat and make every honey-infused craft beer possible. Started in 2009 by a handful of passionate U.S. beekeepers and officially recognized by the USDA, the day is all about raising awareness for honey bee conservation, supporting local beekeepers, and turning backyards into pollinator paradises. Fun fact that will blow your mind next time you sip a honey blonde ale: a single colony has to visit more than two million flowers to produce just one pound of honey! Whether you plant native wildflowers, skip the pesticides, buy raw local honey, or crack open a bee-friendly brew like Track 7 Bee Line, Five Threads Honey Kolsch, or Rogue Honey Kolsch, every little actions on National Honey Bee Day help keep hives healthy and our plates (and pints) full. Save the bees, then raise a glass to them, cheers!
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