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This special event celebrates their work while encouraging families to explore and appreciate our rich biodiversity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 The Bee Hotel \u2013 Help build a bee hotel using leaves, twigs and stones.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Sweet as Honey with pastry chef Kristin Jahnke (12pm, 2pm &amp; 4pm) \u2013 Learn to make delicious no-bake honey treats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Bee Silly \u2013 Bee-themed games inspired by classic playground favourites.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Bee Gardeners \u2013 Decorate a plant pot, sow a bee-friendly seed and take home your own mini bee garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Doodle &amp; Dawdle with Bernadette Doverman (11am, 1pm &amp; 3pm) \u2013 Guided nature sketching for ages 6+ (booking required: 087 6967661; children must be accompanied).<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;Lulu Meets the Bees&#8221; Story Trail along the Fairy Doors Path.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Honey Hunt \u2013 A gentle 3km family treasure hunt through the forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Bee Buzzing \u2013 Live children&#8217;s music from Rockwell Music Academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 A special talk by Miche\u00e1l Mac Giolla Coda of Galtee Honey Farm on protecting the Native Irish Honey Bee.<\/p>\n<p>A FREE shuttle bus will operate from the car park to the Mountain Lodge. <span>Further information and registration for Doodle &amp; Dawdle phone 087 6967661 or visit @burncourtcommunity or @glengarralodge on social media channels<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42008,"template":"","class_list":["post-42007","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bee Crafty - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bee\u2019rilliant FREE Family Day at Glengarra Mountain Lodge &amp; ForestJoin us for a fun-filled FREE Family Day on Sunday 26th July (11am\u20134.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bee-crafty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bee Crafty - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bee\u2019rilliant FREE Family Day at Glengarra Mountain Lodge &amp; Forest Join us for a fun-filled FREE Family Day on Sunday 26th July (11am\u20134.30pm) at Glengarra Mountain Lodge. 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