About the Festival

The Palisade International Honeybee Festival is a non-profit organization. The festival was created by a group of business owners in Palisade, Colorado wanting to gather the community in celebration of it's agricultural roots and to bring attention to the threatened honey bee population. The event is the brain child of former resident and beekeeper, Tina Darrah.

Our Mission Statement

The Palisade International Honeybee Festival (PIHF) is a community driven festival created in support of a healthy honey bee population worldwide and its impact on agriculture and society.

The PIHF brings awareness to the honeybee crisis through education and the arts. Our goal is to increase public awareness of the impact of bees on our food sources and the wide range of benefits of bee products.

We strive to have Palisade's fruit and wine industries represent our mission as a thriving agricultural community and work with artists and artisans - from chefs to sculptors - to achieve our goals.