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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.
The Wagner Free Institute of Science will feature “Pollinator Power!” events for children ages 6-12 about the importance of pollinators in our lives. Sip honey-sweetened iced tea, and listen to local folk rocker, Liam Gallagher, while you peruse goods from local booksellers, bee artists and beekeepers. Beeswax candle-making, scavenger hunts, and the debut of the Institute’s new native pollinator garden will sweeten the day for all who attend. Visit Wyck for house tours, honey tastings, open hive talks, honey extractions, a demonstration on making cosmetics from beeswax, and a talk about bee-friendly gardening. Visitors will even be able to take an up close look at the inner workings of a beehive through a Teaching Hive donated by Brushy Mountain Bee Farm – a chance to see detailed pictures of capped and uncapped honey, pollen, comb, and more, with no worries of being stung! Wyck will also be the stop for those who love to eat this naturally sweet treat – Capogiro Gelato is producing a mouth watering gelato …Continue reading Honeyfest Celebration at Wyck House Visit http://www.bartramsgarden.org/ for more information and directions. Visit The DaVinci Art Alliance Web Site here. Hosted by Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture Magazine Keynote speaker: Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding Reception following the ceremony at the Triumph Brewing Company, 117 Chestnut Street, within walking distance of the marker. Immediately following the ceremony, up to 40 people will be able to view a collection of Langstroth’s papers at the American Philosophical Society, 104 South Fifth St., within walking distance of the marker — then join in the reception! Reception sponsored by Bee Culture magazine No cost but reservations required for reception. RSVP to honeyfest@phillybeekeepers.org by September 5  P. J. Mahan, among the first to import Italian honeybees, selling Langstroth-patented hives on Chestnut St. in 1857. Source–”Philadelphia and its manufactures : a handbook exhibiting the development, variety and statistics of the manufacturing industry of Philadelphia in 1857 : together with sketches of remarkable manufacturies, and a list of articles now made in Philadelphia.” Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1859, 516 pgs Along with Samuel Wagner, S. B. Parsons, and L. L. Langstroth, Mahan was one of the first importers of Italian honey bees. Philadelphia has a long history of “firsts” – from the first hospital to the first zoo to the discovery of electricity, innovations of all kinds have happened here. Beekeepers across the city and the United States are buzzing away, preparing to celebrate another Philadelphia “first”– the invention of the movable frame bee hive. December 2010 marks the 200th birthday of Philadelphian Lorenzo L. Langstroth, “The Father of American Beekeeping,” and inventor of the hive that changed the future of apiculture forever. To celebrate his birthday, four Philadelphia organizations have teamed up to present the Philadelphia Honey Festival on the weekend …Continue reading History and Honey: A Delicious Match The guild has been getting lots of requests for speaking engagements, interviews, appearances, marriage proposals, offers we can’t refuse, etc. Well maybe not those last two, but a lot of requests. So far your intrepid board members have been trying to respond to all of these but now that all of us have jobs, we’re looking for some help. SO, if you would like to represent the guild and Philadelphia Beekeeping, drop us a line – info@phillybeekeepers.org. We’ll prefer members for this help, and the longer you’ve been keeping bees the better. And we can’t guarantee anything, but we’d love to …Continue reading Are you a show off? Here’s an article about CCD that proposes that there actually is no such thing. Before you get upset, read it. Even Dennis VanEngelsdorp has pointed out that similar mass die-offs have happened in the past. The basic point of this article is that while globally there’s plenty of bees, industrial agriculture and economics may eventually lead to a real collapse. Raspberries, Pears and Chocolate: A Fresh Understanding of the Bee Crisis http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011255.html by Nathanael Johnson Thanks to Anna Herman for pointing this out on the Yahoo group. If you’re not a member of that group use the link in the blogroll on the …Continue reading An interesting take on CCD http://live.psu.edu/story/47041 University Park, Pa. — Penn State has received a $250,000 gift to endow a graduate fellowship in entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences. At the request of the donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, the endowment will be named the Lorenzo L. Langstroth Graduate Fellowship in Entomology, in honor of the 19th century apiarist widely considered to be the “father of American beekeeping.” Income from the endowment will be used to recruit and retain outstanding graduate students pursuing an entomology degree, with first preference given to students conducting research related to honeybees. Read the whole story at the PSU web site http://research.calacademy.org/files/Departments/scipubs/proccas_v60_n03.pdf |
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