Winter Solstice Bee Ball

A celebration of bees, mead and the solstice!

This event will be held at the Cotton Factory in their big beautiful event space. 270 Sherman Ave in Hamilton Ontario. Doors will be at 6pm and last call will be at midnight. Group tickets available!

This event will have a performances by the Hamilton Aerial Group.

We will be featuring the best local mead and honey wine.

Music will be provided by party mover DJ Donna Lovejoy and OSITO! So get ready to dance! Maybe a waggle dance competition?

Food from local chef Jonny Blonde will be provided.

All proceeds will go to Wildlife Preservation Canada's bumble bee breeding program.

The winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of our year. This time is celebrated for many reasons, but we are celebrating the solstice because of the bees.

The significance of the solstice for honeybees is that this is the first day of the year that the bees become active again in their colony. The bees use the sun as a calendar and when the days start getting longer again after the solstice, the bees start preparing for the coming season!

Insect pollinators such as butterflies, flies, moths, beetles and bees are essential to our environment and for crop production: Almost all flowering plants need pollinators to reproduce and these flowering plants support thousands of other species.

Several pollinator species are at risk of extinction in Canada. Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC)’s pollinator initiative is a nationwide multi-species recovery effort that aims to save these important insects from extinction. Since 2013, WPC has worked to establish conservation breeding colonies for at-risk species, collaborated on the development of the Bumble Bee Watch program, hosted educational workshops, spearheaded scientific research and supported efforts to improve or restore habitat.

No physical tickets will be sent out. You will receive an email before the event with detailed instructions on how to get to the event and where to check in.

We plan to make this event as safe as possible. The room is gigantic with plenty of space and air flow.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions, would like to inquire about group tickets or would like to sponsor this event.

Host or Publisher Humble Bee