May is National Honey Month and to celebrate the Illawarra Beekeepers will hold open day on Sunday at Waratah Park.
The day will include hive inspections, honey extraction and tastings and talks on pollination, beekeeping and the life of a worker bee.
Visitors will be able to open a bee hive.
The open day starts at 10am at 98 Eton Street, Sutherland.
Pure gold: Illawarra Beekeepers Association vice president Penny Downy opens a hive at the Sutherland headquarters. Picture: John Veage