Apiary Tour · July 24, 2027 · Iowa City, Iowa
The Iowa Honey Producers Association's summer field day hosted at a working apiary in the Iowa River corridor near Iowa City. Iowa's productive agricultural landscape yields outstanding sweet clover, red clover, Dutch clover, and alfalfa honeys, with basswood honey prized from the wooded river valleys. Features live colony inspections, honey extraction demonstration, competitive honey show, and tastings of Iowa's premium varietal honeys.
Type: Apiary Tour
Date: July 24, 2027
Location: Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4265 Oak Crest Hill Rd SE, Iowa City, Iowa
Official website: Iowa Honey Producers Summer Field Day
Apiary tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at working bee yards, with guided walks through hive operations and fresh honey sampling directly from the comb.
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