Celebrate creativity, assist the arts and help honey bees.

To celebrate HONEY Design's 20th anniversary in business, the hive hatched a creative idea that would fully display our expertise and support two causes close to our hearts. After all, with a name like Honey and our advocacy for authenticity in branding, it was natural to want to support research into why honeybee populations are disappearing at alarming rates across Canada. Connecting to artists in need was another element that locally, can have a positive impact on our community – and our economy. Beecause raised funds for the Canadian Bee Research Fund nationally, and the Arts Project, locally.

As the bee-shirt says 'Believe in honeybees and artists.'
Artists of all kinds, from across Canada, were invited to enter an online juried exhibition celebrating the theme of honey. With more than 140 entries, twenty were selected and auctioned off at a gala evening that included bee-tinis, honey-flavored hors d’oeuvres, silent auction and bee-shirt sales.

BeeCause raised $9,375 and the funds were divided equally to the two organizations. Thank you to the artists, our corporate sponsors and to our attendees who made it a remarkable event.

HONEY Design: combining the art and science of communicating their clients' brands with power and authenticity locally and nationally for 20 years.

HONEY was founded in 1989 by the principal, Robin Honey. The firm offers in-house expertise from beginning to end with all creative services including communications strategy, planning and research; key message development, public relations, copywriting; creative concept and graphic design; and, website design, development and programming.

With a hive of talented professionals, including graphic designers, web programmers, strategic thinkers, public relations and communication specialists, the HONEY team produces sweet results for our clients. For more visit: www.honeydesign.ca

The Arts Project is an incubator for developing artists of all disciplines to have a supportive place to work, gather and showcase their work. The Arts Project acts as an incubator and has its own original programming in theatre and visual arts, education programs and seminars. The Arts Project offers private artist studios, workshop classrooms, rehearsal space and community event space. For more visit: www.artsproject.ca

The Canadian Bee Research Fund (CBRF) is a charitable organization that is a joint project of the Canadian Association of Apiculturists and the Canadian Honey Council. Members of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) study, educate and administrate in the fields of apiculture and pollination. CAPA members engage in diverse pursuits, including: research into the secrets of bee and pollination biology and conservation initiatives to encourage wild species of bees. For more visit: www.capabees.com

The Canadian Honey Council (CHC) is the national organization of the beekeeping industry. It is a not-for-profit organization, established in 1940 with 8,000 member apiculturists across Canada. For more visit: www.honeycouncil.ca.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Every third bite you eat depends on honeybees. Honeybees, via pollination, are responsible for 15 to 30% of the food we eat. But in the last two years the domesticated honeybee population - which most farmers depend on for pollination - has suffered annual colony losses averaging 28 to 35% with some regions of the country experiencing losses in excess of 60% of their colonies. Research is key to determining why this is happening in order to reverse the trend.

BeeCause limited edition commemorative bee-shirt

Designed by the Hive and hand printed by Fresh Ink Apparel, with proceeds to The Arts Project and the Canadian Bee Research Foundation.

Celebrate with us, support the arts and help the honey bees!