This month’s Door Prize for in person attendees will be a 3 lb package from Mark Antunes of Honey Hill Farm!!!! Mirza Tihic is a beekeeper and faculty member at Syracuse University in the College of Professional Studies and adjunct professor of entrepreneurship with the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) at the Whitman […]
Chit and Chat, Pipe and Quack, Buzz and Drone, whatever you want to do, do it with us at bee chat.
Join us for a workshop led by Eric Schoefer focusing on assembling wooden langstroth hives. Participants will learn proper techniques for constructing hives, and receive guidance on painting and finishing hives. Additional demonstrations will cover smoker use and protective clothing options.
BeeWorks is hosting a wax dipping event on March 22, allowing Guild members to enhance their wooden equipment’s durability and appearance. Members can bring new equipment directly to BeeWorks or drop it off at the Equipment Workshop on March 15 for dipping. Finished items will be available on March 29.
This month, the Philly Beekeepers meeting features Aladin Boroli presenting the Apian project, focusing on the relationship between humans and bees through diverse ethnographies. Our Beek panel will discuss spring feeding techniques. A door prize of bee packages from BeesNTrees is available to in person attendees.
Interested in becoming a beekeeper or just want to learn the fundamentals of beekeeping? Join us in 2026 for our 3-class session where attendees will learn from a group of experienced urban beekeepers. The first class of the spring session is on Sunday, March 29 from 10 am – 3 pm will be in a […]
This four-class series, led by Norris Childs, introduces participants to mead-making, covering fermentation, aging, and finishing. Classes meet every other Saturday from April 4 to May 16, culminating in a shared bottle of mead. Attendees will learn in a unique honey house environment in Philadelphia. Norris has extensive mead-making experience.
Chit and Chat, Pipe and Quack, Buzz and Drone, whatever you want to do, do it with us at bee chat.
Pennsylvania beekeepers have long been on the front lines of confronting the spotted lanternfly outbreak. But are spotted lanternflies as disgusting, nasty, and pestilent as they were first made out to be? In this talk, Dr. Bratman will present her forthcoming publication (accepted to Gastronomica) with her co-author, Anna Purchase (F&M class of ’26), on better […]
This four-class series, led by Norris Childs, introduces participants to mead-making, covering fermentation, aging, and finishing. Classes meet every other Saturday from April 4 to May 16, culminating in a shared bottle of mead. Attendees will learn in a unique honey house environment in Philadelphia. Norris has extensive mead-making experience.
