All the Buzz About the Philadelphia Honey Festival!

It’s sweet, it’s sticky, and it’s an integral part of the economy: it’s honey! Celebrating the “the importance of honey bees in the environment, for the food supply and the economy,” the Philadelphia Honey Festival buzzes into town the weekend after Labor Day. According to The Intelligencer, “In its eighth year, the festival will be held in three locations on three days, on Sept. 7 at Glen Foerd on the Delaware, Sept. 9 at the Wyck Historic House Garden and Farm, and Sept. 10 at Bartram’s Garden.”

The Philadelphia Honey Festival promises to be sweet as can bee! (See what I did there?)

The event at Glen Foerd Mansion and Estate on the Delaware at Grant Avenue and Milnor Street will be where the festival comes to life next Thursday from 5 until 9 in the evening. There will be a Honey Happy Hour featuring brews and cocktails featuring the sweet treat as an ingredient. Also, the monthly meeting of the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild will take place at 7:30 p.m. John Cambridge of the Philadelphia Insectarium will be feted as the keynote speaker.

On the 9th, The Wyck Historic House, Garden and Farm, 6026 Germantown Ave., will be the site of a complete day’s worth of activities on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be special events for kids, a marketplace for vendors, and a mead contest. I don’t know what that actually is, but it sounds delicious! Dion Lerman,  environmental health programs specialist from Penn State, will give a presentation on “Keeping the Critters Down: Integrated Pest Management for Everyone.”

Finally, on Sunday the 10th, Bartram’s Garden, at 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, will be the site of the festival’s conclusion. Taking place between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m will be “a children’s carnival, a presentation by the Philadelphia Insectarium, children’s bee parade, a native plant sale, a marketplace with local crafts, beer and specialty cocktails provided by Parks on Tap Jr., and a presentation by Sam Torres from KeyStone Colonies and a beekeeper at Glen Foerd discussing the ins and outs of beekeeping.”

A sweet time is sure to he had by all!