2019 American Honey Princess to Visit Farmington Schools

Nicole Medina, the 2019 American Honey Princess, will visit Connecticut April 25-26 where she will participate in the Farmington Rotary’s Bee Project, speaking to hundreds of elementary students in the Farmington school system. She will speak about the importance of honeybees to Connecticut agriculture and how honeybees drive the quantity and quality of our food. She will also share information about the bonuses that honeybees provide beyond honey. Nicole’s visit is sponsored by the Farmington Rotary Club.

Nicole, A sophomore at Sussex County Community College in New Jersey, has been keeping bees for five years with her family and is an active volunteer in the Sussex County Beekeepers Association. As the 2019 American Honey Princess, Nicole serves with the American Honey Queen as a national spokesperson on behalf of the American Beekeeping Federation, a trade organization representing beekeepers and honey producers throughout the United States.

The beekeeping industry touches the lives of every individual in our country. In fact, honeybees are responsible for nearly one-third of our entire diet, due to the pollination services that they provide for a large majority of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. This amounts to nearly $19 billion per year of direct value from honeybee pollination to United States agriculture.

For more information on Princess Nicole’s Connecticut visit and to schedule an interview, contact Rotary bee project coordinator Elizabeth Sheridan at Ion Bank at 203.823.0935.