These are the official functions and special dates of the PBBA.

These are the upcoming dates at this time. Additional information on each event will be added as details and arrangements are made.

January 31, 2012

National Honey Bee Day 2012 theme selection contest ends.

February 2012 

Spring Banquet to kick of the 2012 beekeeping season. Open to all PennApic members, guests and those starting beekeeping. From Noon till 3 pm. Location: Plain & Fancy restaurant 3121 Old Philadelphia Pike  Bird-in-Hand, Pa. 17505 RSVP at mikenida@ptd.net  Come join us for a casual social with plenty of bee talk.  

March 15, 2012

Deadline for the "Youth in Beekeeping" contest.

Details and criteria can be seen on the youth in beekeeping page of this website.

March 24, 2012

Spring Workshop

Franklintown Community Firehouse

107 Baltimore Rd. Franklintown, Pa. 17323

Open to the public. From 8 am to 5 pm. Morning beginner instruction with experienced beekeepers, vendors, and everything you need to get into beekeeping. Workshop series focused on beehive products and alternative types of beekeeping. The afternoon will offer a outdoor program working bees if weather permits. We will also have a movie open to the public.  Additional details to follow. If you are attending with the idea that you want to start beekeeping in 2012, please RSVP. (Click here) The workshop is free, but we want to plan accordingly. Thank you. Click here for tentative schedule.

April 2012

Earth Day Festivities 

June 2012

"An Evening Among Friends" at Ox-Bow Apiaries

July 28, 2012

PennApic Summer Picnic

Location: Ox-Bow Apiaries in Dover Pa.

This was the site for the first Ox-Bow/Bjorn Apiaries picnic 9 years ago.

Fun & games for the whole family. Nature walks and open bee yards await you. Enjoy the largest state wide bee picnic held each year in Pennsylvania. Details and program will be added as date nears. 

August 18, 2012

National Honey Bee Day

September 22, 2012

2nd. Annual Pennsylvania State Honey Festival & Green Expo

906 W. Grantham Rd. Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055

The PBBA has teamed up with Ashcombe Farms of Mechanicsburg to bring you the second annual state-wide honey festival. A day of crafts, food vendors, artisans, honey tasting, displays, children's activities, as well as fun for the whole family. More details to follow as they become available. 

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PBBA Members: (From the Pres.) If you have any ideas for a social gathering, an interesting place to visit, or a workshop with a topic you would like to focus on, please let us know about it.

The goal of our event's program is to provide "social" type programs, where ideas are exchanged, topics of interest are presented, and we all have a great time. While we will have a guest speaker from time to time, we want to direct the majority of our funds directly back to beekeeper support and assistance, and into other areas such as the learning centers program and expansion of the bee industry. Paying a $600 fee for an hours worth of time for one speaker, may be better spent on the members through various other support opportunities.

If I could, we would have a pig roast each month and a four hour evening social discussing bees with everyone. At least that would get my vote. But there are too many various programs for all of us to enjoy. So let us know if you have any ideas. And who will have that first pig roast.......

"An Evening Among Friends" Program

This program allows the PBBA to have socials based on interesting topics and expertise from the members themselves. We have many interesting individuals, that have vast experiences with nature, gardening, farming, unusual bee operations, etc. Our goal is to offer mini-socials throughout the summer beyond our major event programs, to bring together beekeepers to enjoy these wide ranging topics of opportunity.

Below are the directions and map to the PBBA scheduled events. Click on the address for the appropriate event.