Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: August 20th, 2022. I would like to ask you to take a look at the holidays being celebrated today and let me know which holiday you most want to celebrate and why. As for me and Charlie we want to celebrate the Honey Bee and the Honey they bring us.
National Honey Bee Awareness Day – Third Saturday
Today is National Honey Bee Day! Let’s celebrate and show our appreciation for the = Honey Bee, who works so hard to produce the liquid Sugary treat, that is loved by Bees and humans.
Speaking of hard working, did you know that many Bees have to travel 55,000 miles to produce just one pound of Honey? To get that pound of Honey, those Bees need to gather nectar from two million flowers. A single Bee will gather just a1/2 teaspoon of Honey in its lifetime. After all of this hard work, Honey Bees deserve this holiday of recognition.
This holiday was first established in 2009 for beekeepers, as a way to promote Honey and to encourage educational programs. But, this is too special a holiday to limit to the beekeepers. We appreciate hard working Honey Bees, too. After all, the Honey Bees produce Honey that we enjoy. They are vital to the pollination of a wide array of our Fruits and Vegetables.=
This holiday is sometimes called “National Honey Bee Awareness Day“
The History and Origin of National Honey Bee Day:
National Honey Bee Day was created in 2009 and the holiday was declared by Thomas J. Vilsek, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, on August 11th, 2009. It is sponsored by Pennsylvania Agriculture, Inc. and it was originally intended for beekeepers, as a day of education and promotion of Honey Bees and Honey. The third Saturday in August was selected, so beekeepers would have a new supply of Honey to promote.
This holiday is a true “National” holiday, as it was declared by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
National Radio Day celebrates a great invention and communications medium.
The invention of the radio dates back to the late 1800s. A number of inventors played a role in creating this important medium. A number of inventions and discoveries were required to make the radio a reality. This included both transmission and reception methods and technology. The radio somewhat evolved from the telegraph and the telephone, with wireless telegraph directly contributing to its invention.
Celebrating National Radio Day is easy listening. Tune into your favorite radio stations. You could also give your local radio personalities a little recognition.
The History and Origin of National Radio Day:
We found some evidence on blogs and Radio Station websites suggesting that this is a more recently established holiday, dating only to the 1990s. Radio station personnel, in a number of radio stations, began talking about creating their own holiday. After all, they frequently promoted bizarre and unique holidays of all kinds. From these conversations, this holiday took on life.
Bring out the Mosquito Netting. World Mosquito Day is today. This holiday commemorates the day when the relationship between Mosquitos and Malaria was identified. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Parasitic Protozoans.
On this day in 1897, the link between Mosquitos and the transmission of Malaria was discovered by British doctor Sir Ronald Ross. Ross who also identified that the female Anopheles Mosquito transmits the disease. In 1902, Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his discovery
About 1,500 cases of Malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. The vast majority of these cases are travelers and immigrants entering the U.S. from parts of the world where Malaria is common.
The goal of this holiday, is to raise awareness of the causes of Malaria, and to learn methods of prevention. With the knowledge that Mosquitoes carry other diseases, most notably the dangerous Zika Virus, it is even more important today, to be aware, and to understand the necessity of avoid coming in contact with Mosquitos.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine celebrates World Mosquito Day annually, since the 1930s,. They hold exhibitions and parties designed to entertain and to inform people.
Did you know at least two million people die each year from Malaria and other Mosquito born diseases.
The History and Origin of World Mosquito Day:
Sir Ronald Ross declared the annual observance of World Mosquito Day so shortly after his discovery of the linkage between Mosquitos and Malaria. Sir Ronald Ross felt that this day should be known as World Mosquito Day in future years, to act as a reminder of the educational importance of knowing Mosquitos transmit Malaria.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
