Local Event

The Hive Harvest: From Comb To Bottle

Thu, August 13, 2026 (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

The Emily Hotel
311 North Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
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Cost: From $45.00

Two rooftop hives, one harvest night. Watch the honey get tested, tasted, cut, and bottled — then take a jar of it home with you.

Did you know there are two beehives on our roof? They've been up there working all season — foraging Fulton Market, building comb, making honey nobody's tasted yet. On August 13, that changes.

In honor of National Honey Bee Day, we're teaming up with Windy City Pollen — the beekeepers who actually maintain our hives — to bring that harvest down from the roof and into the room. This isn't a honey tasting with some jars set out on a table. You're getting the whole process, front row.

We'll start with the data: hive health, colony performance, and lab results on this season's honey, projected right in front of you. Then a Windy City Pollen will take you through a guided tasting, comparing the honey's testing results and actual taste.

From there, things get hands-on — a small group gets pulled up to help cut the wax cap and slice the frame, watching raw honey get bottled in real time. We'll close out with a Hive Happy Hour: a relaxed reception with charcuterie built to pair with the honey you just watched come out of the comb.

Fifty seats. One harvest. And a bottle of that honey to take home with you.

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