The guild wants to bring beekeeping to every neighborhood of the city. We work with schools, non-profits, public spaces, and urban farms to set up small apiaries that provide community access to bees and honey. If your organization is interested in working with us please fill out the form.
Guild Beekeeping Contact Form
If you’re a non-profit of any sort, an institution, school, public space, urban farm, or any kind of community group we would like to help you keep bees.
We can keep our bees on your space, your bees, or support your beekeeper.
By working with the Guild your group will get continuity and a guarantee that you will have bees as long as you want them. Most of the revenue from this program goes to the beekeepers who do the work. If you’re a private individual or business let us know and we will put you in touch with Guild beekeepers who provide those services.
The Farm at Awbury Arboretum
The Guild has been keeping bees at Awbury since 2015. We have about a dozen hives there and it is our primary teaching apiary. This apiary is accessible to the public and we are often there on weekdays and weekends messing with the bees.
We try to be in the apiary during Awbury’s Sunday Fundays. Guild members with any level of experience can volunteer for Sunday Fundays.
Philadelphia Orchard Project
We manage two hives at the Woodlands for the Philadelphia Orchard Project. This apiary is not accessible to the public but POP encourages community members to arrange times to visit.
Penn Beekeeping Club
The Guild and the University of Pennsylvania Beekeeping Club have been working together for a number of years. The apiary is in the Penn Yards section of campus near the Tennis courts. The apiary is not open to the public but the club visits frequently. If you’re a UPenn student contact the club to find out more.
St James School
Located in Allegheny West the St. James school is a good friend of the Guild. We have been working with them for many years and we hold our monthly meetings in their cafeteria. We are returning to St. James after a pandemic related hiatus and if feels great to be back.