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The best way to make yourself into a target these days, is to say something negative about urban beekeeping. You may as well paint a bull’s eye on your beesuit. And those yellowjackets I’ve been complaining about? They can’t hold a candle to an angry urban beekeeper. Hear that? Those are arrows zinging by [...] Since I wrote my post on over-inspecting hives and Karen Peteros wrote her rebuttal, I’ve been mulling over the concept of urban beekeeping. I still think my philosophy is best for the bees, that is, leave them alone as much as possible. On the other hand, I think Karen’s philosophy is best for urban [...] In case you missed the story, urban beekeepers in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York were shocked when their bees started sporting a faint red glow as they returned home from foraging trips. Further investigation showed that their hives contained frames of “honey” the color of cough syrup. Samples of the material [...] On Monday night, August 9, the BBC News took us to the rooftop of a luxury Paris hotel with an amazing unobstructed view of the Eiffel tower. Thriving at the apex of this astounding real estate is one of the approximately 400 bee colonies that live in that bustling city. The young beekeepers explained [...] Okay, Mischievous proliferous is not an official name for anything, but it’s the name given to honey bees by my husband. It can be loosely translated as “many troublemakers.” The problem he sees with honey bees in not the stinging or the intimidating fly-bys, but the prolific drops of feces that cover just about [...] Water has several uses in a honey bee hive. During certain times of the year foragers find a source of water, fill their crops, and ferry it home. The number of bees foraging for water depends on the needs of the colony. If the in-hive workers accept the water quickly from the foragers, the [...] Yesterday I tuned into a fascinating webinar called “Urban Beekeeping: Ins and Outs; Dos and Don’ts.” The webinar was moderated by Shane Gebauer (http://BrushyMountainBeeFarm.com) and featured Toni Burnham (http://citybees.blogspot.com), Cameo Wood (http://hmsbeekeeper.com), Cindy Bee, and Kim Flottum (http://BeeCulture.com). Although the material was designed for new urban beekeepers, the issues raised were compelling and on [...] |
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