Free and open to the general public, this Second Saturday Festival at Wyck is part of the 3rd Annual Philadelphia Honey Festival!
Urban beekeeping is increasingly popular today, but it’s more than a trend. Bees and beekeeping are environmentally vital; beneficial in medicine and healthcare; supportive to local economies, particularly local food movements; and educational for kids. At this festival, we’ll learn how. We’ll also sample the goods! Featuring talks, children's activities, tastings, demonstrations, artists, live music, and more…
After the festival, head over to Brewer’s Outlet, 7401 Germantown Avenue, for a free tasting of honey-based beers!
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FEATURING:
10:30 - Open Hive Talk by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild, a fast-growing organization that promotes local and sustainable apiculture. Peek inside a live bee hive and see what goes on!
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11:30 - Honey Extraction by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild. How do you get honey from the hive into a jar?
12:30 - Mead Tasting, sponsored by Stonekeep Meadery, Pennsylvania’s first dedicated meadery, and the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild. Do you know what mead is? Also called “honey wine,” it is believed to be civilization’s oldest alcoholic beverage because it occurs in nature.
1:00 - Deborah A. Delaney, PhD, a prominent honey bee researcher from the University of Delaware, will speak on “The Secret Lives of Bees: Feral Bees in Trees.”
2:00 - Matthew Shoemaker, Director of Digital Collections and Systems, and Sarah Newhouse, Archivist, both of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, will discuss Philadelphia’s early beekeeping history in “300 Years of the Philadelphia Honeybee."
3:00 - Frederick T. Schaefer, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry at the Philadelphia University of the Sciences – also known as Sherlock “Honey” Holmes – will discuss the much anticipated results of his chemical analysis of the honeys of Philadelphia.
3:00-5:00 *OFF-SITE* - Free Tasting of honey-based beers at Brewer’s Outlet, 7401 Germantown Avenue, just 2 miles northwest of Wyck.
3:30 - Open Hive Talk by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild.
ONGOING ALL DAY (10:00-4:00):
Children’s activities programmed by Christina Moresi, Wyck’s Youth Education Coordinator.
Scott Wikander of Mount Airy’s Malt House will be making a type of beer called braggart, a cross between beer and mead, in honor of the Honey Festival.
Music by Riverside Bluegrass Band, a five-piece, Princeton-based acoustic string band that combines traditional bluegrass music with bluegrass-style interpretations of classic and newer pop and country songs.
HONEY/HIVE PRODUCT VENDORS AND FOOD/BEVERAGE CONCESSIONS:
Capogiro Gelato Artisans will be serving up a honey flavor made expressly for the fest.
Lisa Confora, Collingswood-based artist working in clay and metal, will be making wearable art especially for the festival.
Ceramicist Lucy Edwards will showcase her bee-/honey-themed work.
Anna Herman, who teaches, writes and consults about food and agriculture, will be hosting a community cooking project with Mount Airy’s Project Learn School, and together they’ll be making honey and fruit smoothies.
Renowned Philadelphia chocolatiers John and Kira, dedicated to both making world-class confections and promoting social change, will have beautiful bug-themed treats for sale.
Mount Airy’s Little Jimmie's Bakery and Café will feature their specially-made bee cookies.
Skippack-based Montgomery County Beekeepers Association will be selling their fantastic local honey.
Super Sisters, a bee balm “bzzzness” created by yoga teacher Dawn Reid and beekeeper Jeff Eckel, uses organically grown, wildcrafted medicinal flowers and herbs, along with beeswax and propolis from Jeff's Germantown bee hives, to create unique balms to soothe tired feet, heal scrapped elbows, moisturize lips...the possibilities are endless! Gorgeous concoctions like Dreamy Balm and Happy Thyme will be for sale.
Whole Foods Market: Jenkintown will be under a festive tent selling books and providing information on the importance of bees.
Wyck’s 2012 Second Saturday Festival Series is made possible by a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. Through grant making, policy development, and research, IMLS helps communities and individuals thrive through broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning.
