Awbury ArboretumHenry Cope House

Green Sanctuary

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Awbury Arboretum is a 55 acre inner city greenspace in the northwest section of Philadelphia. Itsrich history is steeped in connections with severalprominent Quaker families. Offering variousenvironmental education activities andlandscaping services, the Aboretum has nohistory of pesticide use. It is a safe place forchildren to play, dogs to run, and honey bees toforage.

The community apiary will open in April of 2012 tocoincide with beekeeping classes and the arrival ofbee packages for our three hives. The apiary will bein a secured area within the Secret Garden. Largeenough to accommodate to hands-on beekeepingdemonstrations, our community apiary is located onthe Thomas Cope House side of the Arboretumproperty.

Awbury ArboretumThomas Cope House1 Awbury RoadPhladelphia, PA 19138215-849-2855

Community Apiary at Awbury Aboretum

Secret Garden

Green Sanctuary Earth Instituteof Pennsylvania

261 W. Walnut LaneUnit 1-R

Philadelphia, PA 19144267-325-6869

Beekeeping Classes

Beginners Course

Class: Thursday EveningsTime: 7:00 - 9:00 pmDates: February 2 - March 22, 2012

Cost: $100, 8 classes + 2 demonstrationsOur approach to urban beekeeping stresseschemical free solutions to IPM.

Equipment & Hive Location

Biology & Social Organization of Bees

Obtaining Bees and Starting Your Hive

Spring & Summer Management

Swarm Prevention & Nucs

Fall & Winter Management

Demonstrations: Using a smoker, installingbee packages, Integrated PestManagement, (IPM) honey harvesting andbottling.

Beginners Class RegistrationThe top bar hive design originated in Kenya,Africa.

This hive structure allows bees to create theirown bee space and wax foundation. Naturalbee space is smaller than bee space inLangstroth hives. Some beekeepers assertsmaller, natural bee space results in fewerproblems in managing colonies and hives.

L.L. Langstroth, inventor of the stackingbox hive system was born in Philadelphia.His hive design revolutionizedbeekeeping and paved the way for largescale commercial apiaries.

The White House bee hive is anexample of a Langstroth hive.

Another advantage of top bar hivebeekeeping is the weight a beekeeper mustlift when harvesting honey. With a top barhive you harvest individual frames of honey,each weighing a few pounds each.

A top bar hive may be a good choice for anyaspiring beekeeper who is differently-abled.

White House Bee Hive

Extracting honey by handA top bar hive

Top Bar Hives

Langstroth Hives

Contact: Anaiis SallesCommunitty Apiary atAwbury Arboretumgreenapiary@gmail.com

Green Sanctuary Earth Institute ofPennsylvana261 W. Walnut LanePhiladelphia, PA 19144267-325-6869

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Registration Opens November 1, 2011!!Name:_________________________________________Address: _______________________________________Telephone:_____________________________________Mobile:_________________________________________Email:__________________________________________Age: ____

4-H Club: Tuesday after school meetings1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 3/27

Group 1 meets 3:30 - 4:30 pm Ages 8-12: ___Group II meets 4:45 - 6:00 pm Ages 13-18:___

4-H Club Fee $25/ per child____

Adult Beginner ___ Fee $100___Youth Beginner___ Fee $75____

Total Fees: ______

Beginner Classes meet weekly on Thursdays from 7:00 - 9:00 pmFebruary 2, 2012 through March 22, 2012. Installation of bee packagesclass date TBD depending on delivery of packages, on or about April 1st.2012.No classes in May, June, July. Classes resume August 9th & 16thfor over-wintering hives instruction.Total Beginner Classes: 10.Full day intermediate workshops TBD April and August 2012.

Make checks payable to Green Sanctuary Earth Institute ofPennsylvania and mail to the address provided below.