Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL - Meet at 7 pm in the Spring Garden Community Garden for an "open hive" talk.  Our member, Karen Cherubini keeps her bees there and has agreed to let us start the evening by seeing what her bees are up to.  (weather permitting)  Consider bringing your veil.  The Garden is the full city block bounded by 18th and 19th Streets between Wallace Street and North Street, in the Fairmount neighborhood.

Then at 7:30 pm, professional local beekeeper, Robert Krayer will speak about detecting and managing some of the pests that may be lurking inside your hives.  The meeting will be held across the street from the Community Garden at the Lithuanian Church (use the door on 19th Street between Wallace and North Streets).  Click here to see it on a map.

Parking is limited; consider biking, ride-sharing or public transportation.

 

 It's been on our five-year plan for, let's see, about 4 years now!  The Guild T-shirt has finally come to the top of the list!  Photos show front and back of shirt.
Sizes available now are men's M, L, XL & 2X; women's M & L   If you have other needs, let us know in time for our next order.

Cost is $15 for members; $20 for non-members.  May be picked up at WellPoint Oriental Medicine WITH PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.  (No drop-ins please!) 
Email to arrange a pick up time.

 

The next Guild meeting is on April 18 at 7:30 pm.

The meeting will be held in the MAIN SANCTUARY of the Lithuanian Church on 19th Street between Wallace and North Streets in the Fairmount neighborhood (more...)

April is an extremely busy month for the Guild as we collaborate in Franklin Institute's 10-day Philadelphia Science Festival.  Volunteers are needed for our April 28 event at Bartram's Garden.  For details click here: http://www.philasciencefestival.org/event/23-discovery-day-urban-farming
If available, contact info@phillybeekeepers.org (more...)

The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild will have the monthly meeting this Thursday, March 21, 7:30pm at Smith Memorial Playground.

• Newbee Topic: Guild Board Member Representative, Chad Carnahan will be teaching a “basics of woodenware” that will explain how to assemble all basic components of a hive, including frames.


• Old-Bee Topic: Don Shump, owner of Philadelphia Bee Company and Guild Board Member, will then be doing a talk on "Swarm Control Techniques & Collecting/Hiving Swarms”.

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