Givin' a durn about bees since 2009
Category: Guild
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Time to Consign!
It’s that time again. Every year Honey Fest rolls around and we beg everyone to come out and sell their honey! No one has signed up yet this year although
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The state of the honey kitchen
Well, I guess it was me. I just went back and looked at the honey kitchen page corrected the statement that you had to proctor if you wanted to extract.
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You should consider using the Honey Kitchen!
If you haven’t considered it, our honey kitchen is a great deal. If you’ve paid for Hobbyist or Beekeeper membership it’s free and you should consider using it. Why? Well,
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We’re calling it Drone Congregation Air Space, DUDE.
Penn State Extension ran a drone workshop in State College that brought together beekeepers to explore honeybee drone behaviors and test methods for mite controlling behaviors. The event featured activities like semen collection for queen insemination and searches for drone congregation air spaces.
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Picnic Rescheduled!
Beekeepers gather every summer for the Summer Solstice picnic, celebrating the end of swarm season and the upcoming honey harvest. Festivities include grilling, honey extraction, and a honey tasting event.
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Got Mead? – Enter the Mead Contest at Honey Festival 2017!
The Mead Tent at Wyck House and Garden will be buzzin’ with experts and all things fermented on Saturday, September 9th during the 8th Annual Honey Festival. (photo by Sarah
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Queen Games
It’s spring and that means the queen games have begun. Every healthy hive is rushing to make as many new queens as it possibly can so they can send the
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Spring is here, dandelions are blooming, time to volunteer!
Hey folks! It’s finally swarm season! We hope you’re dealing with it well. Here’s a nice fat one spotted in Germantown a few days ago But enough of the bees!
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TR7 – Guggenheim Fellow
The Bee Guild does have a favorite artist in Philadelphia and that artist is Taji Ra’oof Nahl. Taji discovered us at the Wyck Rose Festival some years back and we’ve
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Let’s Overwinter Together
Join us at the Azuka Theater on Saturday March 9 at 7pm for a performance of Overwinter by Mackenzie Raine Kirkman. We’ll attend as a group and some of us