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.

Venue Change for June Meeting

The June meeting of the Guild will be held at the Unitarian Society of Germantown on Lincoln drive instead of our usual location.

Please check the updated listing for a map…(click through to post details for link, or click on calendar listing to the left)

USG address is : 6511 Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia, PA    19119-3625
Phone: (215)-844-1157

ACCESS THE PARKING LOT FROM Johnson St. between Wayne Ave and the SEPTA Track.  Enter the side door and come downstairs to the Dining Room. We will discuss techniques for getting the honey off the hive and then demonstrate crush and strain, and extraction.

Notes from May Meeting

Vince Aloyo speaking at the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild

PBG General Meeting – 5-20-2010
Approximately 42 people in attendance

Vince Aloyo is a long time beekeeper, Phd in chemistry and currently a PA State Bee Inspector. The Pennsylvania State Apiary Registration form is here. Fill this bad boy out, send it in, and Vince or someone like him will come look at your bees (assuming you live in PA).

He spoke to an overflow audience at the Philadelphia Beekeeper’s Guild meeting at 7pm the evening of May 20, 2010. Vince took questions during the talk, which was well received and universally appreciated.

After Vince

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