California Honey Festival | Entomology and Nematology

Woman in yellow making bee crafts at a honey exhibit, child watching

UC Davis Buzzes Into California Honey Festival

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
May 19, 2026

UC Davis scientists and educators helped make the 2026 California Honey Festival "a honey of a festival" at the two-day event celebrated May 16-17 on the Yolo County Fairgrounds, Woodland.

The fairgrounds buzzed with educational and entertaining activities.

Close-up photograph, honey bees clustered on golden honeycomb (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Honey of Festival

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
May 12, 2026

Hear that buzz? It's almost time for the annual California Honey Festival.

This year's festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 16, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 17, on the Yolo County Fairgrounds, 1250 E. Gum Ave, Woodland. Admission is free.

UC Davis is a major part of the festival, which celebrates the honey bee and its products.

A costumed honey bee weaves through the crowd, as a little boy looks in awe, in this 2022 photo of the California Honey Festival. Inside the costume: Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Honey Festival Moves to Yolo County Fairgrounds

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
May 03, 2024

Due to an inclement weather forecast, the annual California Honey Festival will reelocate this year from downtown Woodland to the nearby Yolo County Fairgrounds, 1250 East Gum Ave.

The free and family friendly event, co-sponsored by the University of California, Davis, takes place from 10 to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 4. Parking is also free, a spokesperson said. The festival traditionally draws a crowd of some 40,000.