The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild::Promoting Local & Sustainable Apiculture This is the home page of the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild an organization founded in 2009 to promote urban beekeeping and sustainable agriculture in Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia has a rich history of beekeeping including being the birthplace of Lorenzo Langstroth, the father of modern beekeeping and the first to take advantage of bee space in his invention of the removable frame bee hive. Phillybeekeepers.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check