# Event Details

- **Event Name**: I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Keeping bees (apiculture) was new to North America in the 1600s, brought to the north-east by English and German colonists to produce honey and wax. The earliest record of apiculture in Pennsylvania explains how German settlers in Germantown kept honeybees, cultivated honey and wax, and celebrated bees with poems and stories.

Join historian, Miranda Mote for a lecture that tells a story of beekeeping in Germantown before 1719.

Miranda Mote, PhD is a historian, artist, and educator based in Philadelphia and the 2023-24 Garden Club of America / Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize, Landscape Architecture Fellow. She teaches history and design, works with children in K-12 schools and public venues, designs teaching games for children, and is currently writing an arts focused literacy and botany curriculum of lessons designed especially for children that live in urban environments. She established Botanography in 2022 as a non-profit to directly serve students and families in Philadelphia County and believes that every school should have a garden classroom where students can connect with plants every day.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/flourtown/i-try-to-be-a-bee-and-make-a-world-philadelphia-beekeeping-before-1719/200030265707835
- **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Flourtown
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19118
- **lat**: 40.07786
- **long**: -75.20937
- **full address**: 8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19118, 8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2716, United States, Flourtown

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719 being held?
  - **A:** I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719 takes place on Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19118, 8711 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2716, United States, Flourtown.
- **Q**: Who is organizing I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719?
  - **A:** I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719 is organized by Free Library of Philadelphia - Chestnut Hill.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719 is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Flourtown, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If I Try To Be a Bee and Make a World: Philadelphia Beekeeping Before 1719 sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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