CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO OF SOME BEE TIMES HERE FROM A VISITOR....
...........COURTESY WHIT SCOTT, WHO SAYS "ENJOY!"..............
PLACES TO STAY

Campground Information:
Campground is "Voss Park" and it is adjacent to the Bee grounds.

With/Without Electric. Please call the park office at 507-956-2040.

Cash preferred, Checks taken, NO credit cards etc.

"Campground Jams" are after the bee area closes, music in campground from 10pm-midnight

Fill your camper with water, Voss Park does not provide. Bring wood if you like, or purchase a bundle for $3.00.

Please clean up your campsite - leave it just as you came.
*prices etc can change, please call the park to make sure*


HOTELS IN AREA
Super 8 St James Mn
507 375-4708   

Super 8 Windom Mn
507 831-1120   

You may also look up MANKATO, MINNESOTA on hotels. Mankato is about 45 minutes from the Saint
James/Butterfield area and is the closest biggest city (next is Minneapolis/Saint Paul)
Days:
(Please note: The Bee is held annually the third full weekend in August), on August 15, 16, & 17;
2008. Friday night will be a tractor pull and music, on Sat/Sun the full event happens.

Times: 9am-9pm Saturday; 10am-5pm Sunday  (approx. times)

Admission: $7 for button which gets you in both days and also serves as a souvenir

Church: Yes - interdenominational church service at 9am in the park at the entertainment stage. Booths
and everything begin to open at 10am after church is over.
PLEASE NOTE PRICES AND OTHER INFO CAN CHANGE. THIS INFO WAS CURRENT FOR THE '06 SHOW


THE MOST INTERESTING PART TO LEARN OF THE SHOW?
All of the buildings, people helping visitors, and so forth - they are ALL kept up and staffed by volunteers
from the community. AND If they aren't from the Butterfield area, they usually have a story of their family
members helping out like we do - tradition. Most of the volunteers and board members have never missed a
show in their life! Please take a moment to say "thanks" when visiting, we really appreciate when we know
people enjoy the show. Let them/us know your stories, etc! We're all there to learn, just as visitors are!

GOING TO THE SHOW?
You can find Bryan in Engine House Number One (Bookstore); or helping around the grounds.
He's usually in some sort of ATS - wear, helping and visiting with fellow volunteers, friends, and visitors.

You can find Ashley in the Campground before/after/during the bee, and numerous places at the bee such
as the Community Club Auxilary Stand, the Bee Bookstore, the General / Drug Store, and running around
helping other spots / buildings and people.  
ASSORTED LINKS
The Butterfield Advocate/Mountain Lake Newspaper page on the Bee (as of now, shows last years)

The Official Butterfield, Minnesota Website

ATS' Butterfield Event Gallery
The BTA and the Threshing Bee started in
1966/67, with the Threshing Bee begining
first. After the event which caused over a
thousand people to show up (and at that
time, it was just a one-day show) the guys
then decided to form a committee to see
about putting on a show annually. Almost
fourty years later (in 2006), the show is still
going strong. The committee includes nine
men who each are responsible for different
areas of the show and the grounds. Please
click HERE (not yet linked, sorry) to see a
history of the bee as told in the souviner
paper that the Observer/Advocate prints
yearly for those attending the bee.


The grounds where the threshing bee is held
was donated to Butterfield by A.R. Voss;
which is why they have called the grounds
"Voss Park". Mr. Voss accumulated a lot of
land during the depression, and him (and his
father, possibly) were surveyors for the train
companies and Voss took his pay in land.
The land donated includes Butterfield Lake,
adjacent to the park.
Butterfield Threshing Bee
Butterfield Steam & Gas Engine Show

Event Information