Three days of events have begun, centred on Worthing's Brooklands Park lake all weekend, with members of several community groups welcoming everyone to learn about bees.
The Bees&Seas team said their programme of events is focused on a theme of "building back better for bees", with the aim of showing visitors of all ages the actions that can be taken to restore, support and enhance the role of the ever-important pollinators.
Free events include learning how to make bee hotels, bee finger-puppets, and meeting real-life beekeepers.
But there are also other, nature-themed events, including guided walks led by the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds, stone painting, flag and dreamcatcher making, litter picking, mini beast hunts and more.
National Bee Day is Saturday, August 21.
According to the organisers, Bees&Seas is a local project born from a common passion to connect communities with nature, across the land and sea.
Three community groups including We Are FoodPioneers, Friends of Brooklands Park and Creative Waves have united to create a community beekeeping project and educational training space in Brooklands Park, where the events are being held.
Earlier this year, Worthing Borough Council worked with the groups to transform the previously disused yard.
The move is part of a wider aim of improving the local environment which includes the £2m upgrade of Brooklands Park itself into a science adventure park which has already seen the revival of the lake.
Debs Butler, Director at We Are FoodPioneers, said:
“We can’t thank the local trusts, businesses and wider community enough for the funding, donations and support that have been received!
“This will see the site at Brooklands Park transformed into a natural asset for local people and wildlife.''
Volunteers have been working hard to transform the industrial site and The Worthing Honey Collective have been busy preparing Honey Bees for delivery to their new home at the Brooklands Apiary.
New containers donated by Sussex Transport, which will be used as classrooms and workshops spaces, have been installed and painted - among other works.
Phase two of the project is expected to be complete by early next year.
Members of the Worthing Honey Collective added:
"We are very grateful to Adur and Worthing Council, West Sussex County Council, the South Downs National Park Trust, Postcode Local Trust, the Sussex Transport team, Rampion Fund Sussex Community Foundation, Worthing Community Chest and Worthing and Sompting Lions for their incredibly generous donations."
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