Sunday, 8th November 2009 - 15:03CET

Festival of Honey at Sta Venera

A Festival of Honey is being held for the second year at Romeo Romano Garden in Sta Venera, drawing hundreds of visitors.

The activity is being hosted jointly by the local council and the Ministry of Resources and features exhibitions on bee keeping and the production of honey, products made of honey including candles, cakes, roasted pork coated with honey, and even wine. Also on display are items related to apiculture and an exhibition of bee keeping and honey storage in the past.

Elizabeth Vella, Sta Venera Mayor said the number of exhibitors had doubled this year and she was very satisfied with turnout.

She said a particular attraction was a functional water mill pulled by a mule.The festival also included exhibitions of Maltese handicrafts.

Mrs Vella said the area around Roman Romano Gardens used to be popular for bee keeping and honey production generations ago,

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Comments

angelo buhagiar (1 week, 5 days ago)

I would like to congratulate St Venera LC for this Honey Fair i visited last year and i did make it a point to visit it again. I can say that this is going to be an appoitment for next year to visit. Keep it up and hope that i will have an opporunity to visit Romeo Romano Gardens again.

Charles Micallef (1 week, 5 days ago)

The story that I learned at the Primary School was some 55 years since, and I am not sure if you heard that some progress has been made since with mechanical and now digital equipment to draw water from a borehole, hence I repeat that I thought that we have stopped mistreating animals!

I do however agree that there are some Lawyers that could do the donkey's work and tied up to that equipment and let them go round in circles, just like they do to some of their clients

Lawrence Attard (1 week, 5 days ago)

It would be nice if the organizers would mention the hours and the exact location of this event. Not everybody knows, especially myself, where Romeo Romano Gardens are in St. Venera.
I spent 26 years in Canada and now that I am back, there are lots of new villages and towns that did not exist before I left. L-Iklin, Swatar, L-Ibragg, nobody had heard of them back then.

Keith Cauchi (1 week, 5 days ago)

Well done St Venera Local Council. Highly organised. These events should be encouraged throughout the country

Charmaine Fenech St John (1 week, 5 days ago)

Well Done Sta Venera. Such exhibtions should be encouraged in other localties.

J Farrugia (1 week, 5 days ago)

Mr Micallef you dont have to feel sorry. Because that's its job to go round and round. . Bhalma jghid il-Malti : "jiena fis-sinja hmar ghandhi, mhux avukat." Tiftakarha dik l-istorja li konnha nitghallmu fil-primarja???

Charles Micallef (1 week, 6 days ago)

The Festival is an excellent idea but I do feel sorry for the poor animal.....................going round and round in circles!

Jesmond Micallef (1 week, 6 days ago)

Well done !!! Cool..!!!

Melita,the land of honey.