Tuesday, July 26th 7:00 PM Carson City Saloon on the Southside 1401 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA Come meet local Beekeepers, whether a bee curious, a new beekeeper or a seasoned beekeeper, come and share some stories and a few drinks up in the mezzanine with some local beekeepers! NO RSVP required!!!
Sunday, June 12th, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (gate closes at 1:15 PM, no late arrivals permitted) Homewood Apiary - 6900 block of Susquehanna St., off of N. Dallas Ave. (directly across the street from East End Brewing Company) Join Burgh Bees Apiary Director, Steve Repasky, for an Open Apiary at the Homewood apiary! Protective head equipment will be provided. Please wear or bring long sleeved shirts, preferably with a collar, and long pants (no capri's or shorts please!). Also closed-toed shoes such as tennis shoes are recommended! A $10 suggested donation per person to Burgh Bees is appreciated. Please RSVP to Steve Repasky at srepasky@gmail.com. Registration is limited to 15 attendees, so register early!
First 50 visitors to event in Courthouse Courtyard on June 8 will receive a free native perennial Allegheny County and the Penn State Master Gardeners will present "Bee Wise...Plant Natives," a free program that will teach the value of bees as pollinators, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, in the Allegheny County Courtyard at 436 Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. Burgh Bees, which partners with Penn State Cooperative Extension, will also be in the Courtyard with samples of different varieties of honey. Representatives will help participants learn to identify different native bees that visit area gardens. During the event, master gardeners will also provide information on the importance of using native plants in landscaping and how to incorporate environmentally-friendly practices in garden maintenance. The first 50 visitors to the event will receive a native perennial. In 2009, the four existing planters in the Allegheny County Courthouse Courtyard were retrofitted and converted into rain gardens. Four downspouts were diverted into existing planters, and the beds were filled with new soil and drainage material. Drought tolerant native plants were then placed in the new rain gardens.
Date: Tues., June 14 Time: 7 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Joe Zgurzynski Level: Beginner Fee: $20 for Phipps members; $30 for non-members Location: Phipps Garden Center in Mellon Park Master Beekeeper Joe Zgurzynski of Burgh Bees will discuss the physical properties of honey, the types of honey, the health benefits of honey, and how to use honey in the kitchen. Part of the presentation will be a honey tasting. This lecture will also include a brief overview of basic honey bee biology and beekeeping techniques, as well as how bees and beekeepers produce honey. One of the goals of this presentation will be to show that honey is the best food in the world!
Sunday May 29th from 2-4PM. Homewood Apiary – 6900 block of Susquehanna St., off of N. Dallas Ave. (directly across the street from East End Brewing Company) Join Burgh Bees Apiary Director, Steve Repasky, for an Open Apiary at the Homewood apiary! Protective head equipment will be provided. Please wear or bring long sleeved shirts, preferably with a collar, and long pants (no capri’s or shorts please!). Also closed-toed shoes such as tennis shoes are recommended! A $10 suggested donation per person to Burgh Bees is appreciated. Please RSVP by Friday, May 27th at 5:00 PM to Steve Repasky at srepasky@gmail.com. Registration is limited to 15 attendees, so register early!
The year's first Open Apiary scheduled for today at the Homewood Apiary is CANCELLED due to rain. The event has been tentatively RESCHEDULED for Sunday May 29th from 2-4PM. Homewood Apiary – 6900 block of Susquehanna St., off of N. Dallas Ave. (directly across the street from East End Brewing Company) Join Burgh Bees Apiary Director, Steve Repasky, for an Open Apiary at the Homewood apiary! Protective head equipment will be provided. Please wear or bring long sleeved shirts, preferably with a collar, and long pants (no capri’s or shorts please!). Also closed-toed shoes such as tennis shoes are recommended! A $10 suggested donation per person to Burgh Bees is appreciated. Please RSVP by Friday, May 27th at 5:00 PM to Steve Repasky at srepasky@gmail.com. Registration is limited to 15 attendees, so register early!
Tuesday, May 31st 5:45 to 6:45 PM Apiary Tour at Country Barn Farm 1246 Saxonburg Blvd. O’Hara Township Glenshaw, PA 15116 7:00 PM May Meet Up at JD’s Pub 3410 Saxonburg Boulevard Glenshaw, PA 15116 The theme of this meet up is a tour of Joe Zgurzynski’s apiary at Country Barn Farm followed by our regular last Tuesday of the month meet up at a new location at JD’s Pub in Indiana Township, approximately one mile from Country Barn Farm! Everyone is welcome - so whether you are bee curious, a new beekeeper, or a seasoned beekeeper - join us for the apiary tour and then share some stories and a few drinks with local beekeepers at the pub! NO RSVP required! Please note: this is a special one-time event, and as such, our normal monthly meet ups will resume in June at the Carson City Saloon.
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (gate closes at 2:15 PM, no late arrivals permitted) Homewood Apiary - 6900 block of Susquehanna St., off of N. Dallas Ave. (directly across the street from East End Brewing Company) Join Burgh Bees Apiary Director, Steve Repasky, for an Open Apiary at the Homewood apiary! Protective head equipment will be provided. Please wear or bring long sleeved shirts, preferably with a collar, and long pants (no capri's or shorts please!). Also closed-toed shoes such as tennis shoes are recommended! A $10 suggested donation per person to Burgh Bees is appreciated. Please RSVP by Friday, May 13th at 5:00 PM to Steve Repasky at srepasky@gmail.com. Registration is limited to 15 attendees, so register early!
Thursday May 19th 7:00 PM Penn State Extension of Allegheny County 400 North Lexington Street, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15208-2585 (Please check-in at the security office) Please also note that this event is for paid members of Burgh Bees only, and seating is limited. To find out more about membership, please click here or visit the 'membership' tab above. If you are not a member, you can either become a member via the membership page, or you can pay at the door. RSVP is required to attend, so please visit our EventBrite Page for this event in order to get your ticket for attendance. Topic: Colony Natural History Speaker: Dewey M. Caron (via live videoconference) Emeritus Professor, University of Delaware Affiliate Professor, Oregon State University Abstract: The key to successful bee stewardship is a working understanding of two important cycles -- the life cycle of the workers and the annual seasonal cycle of the bee colony. Looking into a colony we review the life cycle and check that all is progressing normally for workers -- if drones and queens are being reared, we are provided with some additional "clues" as to what is happening. Concentrating on the key features of the annual cycle, anticipating versus simply reacting to developments in the colony, can vastly improve annual harvest and/or enjoyment of your bees. I will discuss the life and annual cycle of a bee colony and the current bee loss epidemic. Small-scale urban beekeepers may hold, I believe, the key to helping to understand such losses and, along with pollination fees for honey bee rental to growers needing bee pollination, the economic future of the entire bee industry. Biography: Dr. Caron has authored 5 books, numerous book
