Churn Butter, Keep Bees At Queens Farm 'Milk And Honey Month' Events

QUEENS, NY — There's a lot to celebrate in June citywide, but in northeast Queens that list includes dairy and honey.

The Queens County Farm Museum is hosting a slate of pollinator a dairy-inspired events throughout June in honor of National Dairy Month and National Pollinator Month.

Dubbed Milk and Honey Month at the farm, the celebration includes daily free admission and both free and fee-based programming throughout the month.

Events kick off June 1 with one of several $20 sunset yoga classes, followed by a free, after-school milk and cookie hour on June 3 and a free historic farmhouse tour (including a butter churning demo and honey tasting) over the weekend.

The list goes on: there a $40 urban beekeeping class on June 18, a milk and honey facial mask demo on June 26 and daily pollinator-friendly plant sales, among other events.

Milk and Honey Month is part of the Queens County Farm Museum's extensive slate of events this year (for kids and adults alike) in honor of its 325th anniversary.