Located in the cradle of American beekeeping, the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild works to encourage and promote urban beekeeping through fellowship and education, and to raise awareness of the importance of bees to our environment.
Delaware Valley College will present the annual summer Beekeeping short-course July 16, 17 and 18 (9 am to 4 pm, daily). This course is suitable for beginners and as a refresher course for more experienced beekeeper. This three day course will combine lectures with hands on experience in our bee yard. Topics to be covered include honey bee biology, communication (dance language and pheromones), beekeeping equipment, how to obtain and hive bees, how bees make honey, important nectar plants, harvesting and processing honey. Additional topics will include summer splits, spring, summer and fall management techniques and over-wintering nucs. The course
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Local beekeeping legend Jim Bobb and his partner in all things apiastic are offering a 5 session workshop this year called Mastering the Art of Beekeeping.
The workshops will be held one Sunday a month March through July at Worcester Farms in Lansdale.
Please check out this PDF file for details and registration information.
Contact:
Phone: 610.584.6778
Email: jimbobb@gct21.net
Vincent Aloyo has been keeping bees in our area for over 40 years. He will be teaching two non-credit courses at Temple’s Ambler Campus starting Feb. 24th. Since the MCBA beginners courses are full, and we have not started a formal program in Philadelphia yet, this is a great opportunity to learn from an experienced apiarist.
Vince will also be selling some nucs this spring, so if you’re in the market for some local bees you can contact him at Vincent.Aloyo [at] DrexelMed.edu. (replace [at] with the @ symbol)
Here is a flyer with details of the course.
