In fact, half a dozen bee boxes have buzzed with hives here in summers past. But Ed, one of the Garden R.U.N. beekeepers, says the hives had recently begun dying off after just two years. At $100 each to purchase  a new swarm of domesticated bees, it’s just not worth it, says Ed, so he is taking a break from beekeeping–unless a wild swarm happens to spot the empty boxes in the little Garden of Eden and move in. Swarming season begins soon, in May running into June and maybe July.

I’m not sure whether the absence of thousands of such busy pollinators will affect productivity in the garden, where I’ve tended a plot for the past five years, or whether other pollinators can pick up the slack. Unless a wild swarm moves in, this summer we may find out.In the meantime, I sent a query about our beekeepers’ plight to Doug Sponsler, a Roxborough resident, postdoctoral scholar at Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences and an expert on honeybee foraging behavior in urban environments. He kindly offered these words of advice:

The all-day event is “packed with beekeeping insight and scientific wonderfulness,” with a lineup of experts who will speak on topics ranging from protecting hives from varroa mites to providing them with a nutritionally optimal array of flowers.

The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild began in 2009 as an informal group of local beekeepers. It has blossomed since then into a thriving nonprofit that “promotes urban beekeeping and raises awareness of the importance of bees to our environment.” The group maintains a busy calendar of events for both experienced and wannabeekeepers.

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The guild holds monthly meetings that are open to the public, usually on the third Thursday of each month, at the St. James School.

For more about the guild and its upcoming events, check out the guild’s website and/or its Facebook page.