Walt Disney World’s Gingerbread Displays Have Gone to the Bees!
It’s common for people to recycle their Christmas trees this time of the year once the holiday season has wrapped up. But, did you ever wonder what happens to those larger-than-life Gingerbread Displays seen in Walt Disney World Resort Hotels? If so, I have that answer for you and it’s definitely something to buzz about!
Once the holiday season officially ends at Walt Disney World, members of the Walt Disney World Resort Event Decorating Support Team and Pastry Chefs who worked hard all year to set up the Gingerbread Displays, remove the actual gingerbread from the wooden structures for composting.
From there, the wooden structures which are covered in royal icing – a bee’s dream come true – are placed in the local area Disney Tree Farm.
Once the bees have licked every last bit of the icing from the structures, the structures are power washed and stored to be ready to go for the following holiday season.
With a declining bee population worldwide and Disney’s commitment to protecting the environment, these sugar-coated structures help feed the bees during the winter months when food sources can be scarce which is a win-win for everyone and every bee too!
This tradition of allowing the bees to snack on the icing from the Gingerbread Displays started 10 years ago and has been buzzing along since.
“Ten years ago, when performing our annual gingerbread display cleaning, we noticed bees were very attracted to the sugar on the displays after deconstruction,” Barry Stockwell, Planned Work Specialist with Event Decorating Support said. “We decided to bring the display pieces to our Disney tree farm and lay them out in our field to give the bees a chance to collect the sugar on the wooden structures.”
What a ‘sweet’ idea!
What is your favorite Walt Disney World Resort Hotel Gingerbread Display to check out during the holiday season before it goes to the bees? Let us know in the comments below!
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