Registration opens:
August 13th, 2025

Honey Bee Research Centre Tour

at the Townsend House (308 Stone Road East)

Meet us for a tour of the Honey Bee Research Centre! For families. Each person attending must register separately and complete indemnification forms. Registration opens August 13, 2025 at 9 a.m.

Meet us at the Honey Bee Research Centre for a tour! 

Tour Outline:

• Front garden gathering where you will meet your tour guides. 
• Short interactive presentation on honey bee biology.
• Instructions on how to behave around stinging insects.
• Outside demonstration in the bee yard on beekeeping safety
• Beehive components are brought to participants in the apiary for an up-close view.

Release and Indemnification Form:
The Honey Bee Research Centre requires that each person touring the facility completes a release and indemnification form. The purpose of this document is to inform individuals who might be at risk around stinging insects. Please bring the completed form(s) on the tour date. Those with a known allergy to honey bee stings can participate in all parts of the tour except for the demonstration in the bee yard.

View and download our form Release for Honeybee Tour.

If you need assistance with this form or have any questions, please contact Library Programmer Ashley Gratton at agratton@guelphpl.ca.

NOTE: To ensure everyone’s safety, tour participants should arrive no more than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled tour time and will need to leave the grounds after the tour is complete.

Children are welcome to attend; However, we ask that all participants be three years of age and older.

By participating in this program, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to Guelph Public Library's Code of Conduct.

Alternative formats are available as per the Accessibility per Ontarians Act by contacting Communications 519-824-6220.