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.

June 14th, 2010 | Category: Guild Business, Meeting Notes, Workshops & Meetings | Leave a comment

Maryland State Beekeepers Association Spring Meeting Program

  Maryland State Beekeepers’ Association

Spring Meeting, June 12, 2010

University of Maryland/College Park

Plant Sciences Building

 

The MSBA Spring Meeting is open to the public.

8:30am
Refreshments, Coffee, Donuts, etc.
 

9:30am
Opening and Welcome
Paul DillPresident

9:45
Md. Apiary Inspector’s Report
Jerry FischerMd. State Inspector

10:00
Genetically Resistant Honeybee Stocks: How Mite Resistance Works
Dr. Robert Danka,Research Entomologist Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research

USDA/ARS Baton Rouge

11:00
Hive Product Marketing: Do You Need a Website or a Facebook Page?
Rich Lord, Carroll County Beekeepers

11:30
Auction
Paul Dill, Auctioneer

Noon
Lunch (On your own or from limited Subway list)

1:00 PM
Beekeepers and Lyme Disease: Prevention and Response
National Capital Lyme Disease Association

1:45 PM
Adventures in

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May 23rd, 2010 | Category: Events, Workshops & Meetings | Comments are closed

June Meeting - Honey Robbing and Extraction

The June meeting will feature Guild members discussing methods of getting the frames of honey out of the hive, and then getting the honey out of the comb. The exact cast of characters is yet to be determined, but we will no doubt lean heavily on our fearless President who has almost promised to bring his own centrifugal extractor and our Secretary who will bring a bucket and demonstrate crush and strain.

This promises to be a very interesting meeting and will give all of our new members a good idea of just what kind of mess they’ve gotten themselves into.

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May 21st, 2010 | Category: Events, Guild Business, Workshops & Meetings | One comment

2010 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010)

The ESA will hold its 58th Annual Meeting, under the direction of President Dave Hogg, at the Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center in San Diego, California, from December 12-15, 2010. Among the six chosen program symposia is: “Bee space–the final frontier: the bicentennial celebration of Lorenzo Langstroth and diverse discoveries in honey bee biology.”

Organizers:
Gene Kritsky and May R. Berenbaum
http://www.entsoc.org/am/cm/submit/program.htm

April 25th, 2010 | Category: Events, Workshops & Meetings | Leave a comment

The ABC's of Beekeeping

Guild member Suzanne Matlock will present the ABC’s of Beekeeping at Bartram’s Gardens on 21 Mar 2010 at 1 pm.

Please visit: bartramsgarden.org to sign up, phone Melanie Snyder at 215-729-5281 or email info@bartramsgarden.org to reserve a spot.

March 11th, 2010 | Category: Events, Workshops & Meetings | Leave a comment

Jim Bobb and Scott Bartow offering Beekeeping Workshop

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

February 18th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Classes, Workshops & Meetings | 2 comments

Beginning Beekeeper Course at Temple Ambler

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.

February 12th, 2010 | Category: Classes, Workshops & Meetings | Leave a comment