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3rd Annual Philadelphia Honey Festival

Presented by Wagner Free Institute of Science at Wagner Free Institute of Science

September 7-September 9, 2012

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The Philadelphia Honey Festival returns on September 7th, 8th, and 9th – this time, sweeter than ever! This year’s festivities will span three days and take place at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Wyck Historic House & Garden and Bartram’s Garden. All three institutions are the organizing partners teamed up with the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild to bring you a fun-filled, sweet-tasting, educational weekend of honey-related activities and programs.

This year’s festival highlights include a Honey Happy Hour, talks by local artists and authors, appearances by Jessica Long, the Pennsylvania Honey Queen, beekeeping workshops, open hive talks with beekeepers, local honey tastings and sales, hands-on activities like beeswax candle making and seed bomb workshops, the Bee-A-Bee Pageant, prize raffles and more!

Speakers include:
-Deb Delaney, Ph.D., prominent honey bee researcher from University of Delaware, who will speak on "The Secret Lives of Bees: Feral Bees in Trees"
-Jimmy McMillan from Barry’s Home Brew, who will talk about brewing beer with honey
-Matthew Shoemaker and Sarah Newhouse from Historical Society of Pennsylvania, who will describe 300 Years of the Philadelphia Honeybee

and many more!

The goal of the Philadelphia Honey Festival is to raise awareness about the importance of bees to our environment, the impact of local honey on our economy, and to promote urban beekeeping and gardening. All festival events are free and open to the public.