New York City Honey Week

09/14/2025

09/14/2025

Brooklyn Grange ran Honey Fest for the first 7 years and then when they ran out of time to do it they passed it on to Tom Wilk who has kept it going since then.

09/01/2025

We’re all looking forward to the NYC Honey Festival

New York City Honey Week and Annual Honey Fest is Saturday, September 13th and we’re happy to be back at Caracas Arepa Bar Rockaway playing live from 1-3pm!🍯🎶🌞

09/14/2024

We have been setting up all morning waiting for you to come by and meet the beekeepers and taste some honeys.

09/13/2024

The weather will bee great and the honey will bee sweet. See you tomorrow.

09/12/2024

That's right I know I keep reminding you but we are all so excited......

09/11/2024

Please join us right by on the Boardwalk. They will have a honey themed menu. So will who are always great hosts as well.

09/09/2024

Set your alarms for Saturday. Get there early as we open at 11am.

09/09/2024

Counting down.....

08/09/2024

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Coming up a week of work for me and opportunities for anyone interested in beekeeping, honey or just looking to do something different.

I am way behind this season (added many projects to my already busy schedule). This is catch up week and I can always use help/company especially while harvesting honey.

No experience necessary just be willing to work and get sticky. Here are the days with my plans:

Sunday 8/11 Nassau County
go to 2 apiaries and just check on them and work at getting rid of Small Hive Beetles, go to 3rd apiary with 7 hives and inspect them and hopefully harvest honey. On the way back stop in Glendale to check on 2 hives and then go to Finback Brewery and harvest 3 hives. Of course we’ll grab lunch and grab some tastes after working at Finback.

Monday 8/12 Manhattan and Queens
Go to 31st floor roof next to the 911 Memorial Garden and return empty harvested boxes and deliver the honey they got. Harvest 3 apiaries Astoria 2hives, LIC 2 hives and Maspeth School roof 3 hives. Of course we will grab lunch at some point.

Tuesday 8/13 Queens??
Do whatever we didn’t get done Sunday and Monday then harvest a school rooftop in Ridgeway (yes the elevator goes to the roof) 7 hives there and need to check all of them. Btw I always feed my assistants.

Wednesday 8/14 Hudson Valley Region
Take 2 boxes that were harvested back to a Montgomery Apiary and check hives. 7 or 8 are there.
Go to Wallkill Winery. Pull weeds, check over 30 hives and hopefully harvest. I already have one helper for the day but the more hands the faster and easier the work. Please note: this is about 2 hours from my Glendale home base so we will be driving over 4 hours which makes it a longer day.

Thursday 8/15 - no plan yet leaving as an open/catch up day.

Friday 8/16 - no actual bee work (cooler, indoors and no stings) we will be extracting the honey harvest since Sunday. I have a helper but again 3 or 4 people total makes it go much better. I’ll order pizza for lunch. We will be in a school basement.

If you are interested in any of the above call Tom Wilk (917)513-2508. I will answer all questions and set us up to work together.

I have seen others charge to “teach” these aspects of bee work. Here you get an experienced Master Beekeeper “teaching” while you help, get fed and hopefully have a fun day all for just the cost of your time.

Thank you for reading this long email and I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with you. Btw, taking pictures is of course encouraged.