Category: Guild
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Breaking into beehive medicine
Check out our favorite Vice President Dr. Katie Krebs who is making quite a name for herself in Veterinary circles. This is a link to an excellent article about Katie on the web site of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
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Calling All Bee Enthusiasts!
We need your passion and support at the upcoming Annual Philadelphia Honey Festival!! This event is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the importance of honey bees, promote urban beekeeping, and sell your honey to eager visitors. Event Details: Volunteer Opportunity: You are the heart of this festival! If you can spare some time and energy, please…
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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 some of the old-timers seem to think they don’t really have to. This is a good reason to become an old timer because it’s true.…
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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. D’oh. I’m not sure why I published that. I must have been having one of my spells. Anyway! You don’t have to proctor! Well, someone…
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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, last year we invested in a larger extractor and a Simple Harmony uncapper and they really help process a lot of honey. If you’ve got…
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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 Plonski)
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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 old queen and half their comrades to a probable death by swarm. Yes, only 20% of swarms survive to establish a new colony. And while…
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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! We need people! People like you to volunteer for our many events starting NEXT weekend. Go to the Events Page find one you like, click…