Beekeeping

PHOTOS: Non-Profit Sets Up Beehives On D.C. Rooftops, Gardens

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- "Some people say it's less work than a dog but more work than a cat," says beekeeper Jeff Miller about his favored hobby. "I say less wo...

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Widely-Used Pesticides Killing Bees

Heather Pilatic | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Pesticides, Bees Neonicotinoids, Bees, Beekeeping, Pesticide Action Network, Beekeepers, Common Pesticides, Pesticide Use, Honeybees, Pesticide, Green News
Heather Pilatic

Pesticides are prevalent, persistent and more scientists confirm everyday that they are making bees sick (or dead). The sad truth? Beekeepers have been sounding this alarm from the ground for years. Would that we had listened.

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What's the Buzz About at Atlanta's Park 75 Restaurant?

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Chefs, Bees, Beekeeping, Restaurants, Gourmet, Atlanta, Georgia, Four Seasons, Food News
Perry Garfinkel

Billions of bees have disappeared in the last decade and scientists have no idea why. As executive chef at the Four Seasons Atlanta, Robert Gerstenecker has launched an awareness campaign by setting up two beehives on the hotel's terrace.

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Top 10 Reasons to Become an Urban Beekeeper

Megan Paska | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Farming, Beekeeping, Urban, Bees, Urban Beekeeping, Green News
Megan Paska

While having your own brand of honey is going to be a top reason for most, there are plenty of other selling points. Beekeeping has, for me, been one of the most fun and engaging things I've ever gotten tangled up in.

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Hotels Dabble In Beekeeping Industry For Sweet Benefits

Posted 11.21.2011

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Hotels are continuing to moonlight in the urban beekeeping business in an effort to bring guests fresh honey and help bee colonies populate. Among ...

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The Greenest Garden in Washington

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 01.21.2012

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Nigel Sheinwald

The British poet Alexander Pope once observed that, "All gardening is landscape-painting." But today's gardeners need to be environmental stewards as well as aesthetes.

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Afghan Farmers Reportedly Ditch Poppies For Bees

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Helmand Province, Opium-Trade, Honey, Beekeeping, Poppy, Afghanistan, Afghan Bees, Helmand, Afghan Poppy, Afghan Beekeeping, Video, Green News

Afghan farmers are leaving their poppy harvesting days behind them in favor of a more lucrative beekeeping future, reports British Forces News. Af...

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Bees Thrive In Chicago Hives

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 09.28.2011

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CHICAGO — Among the wildflowers and native grasses in the garden atop Chicago's City Hall stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come a...

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Behind the Beekeeping Buzz

Vera Haller | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Apiaries, Honey, Urban Beekeeping, Beekeeping, Beekeepers, Bee Swarm, Andrew Cote, New York City Beekeepers Association, Let It Bee Apiaries, New York News
Vera Haller

Where would you find NYC's most in-demand beekeeper on a day he's not rescuing a swarm of wayward bees and fielding a news media inquiries about the finer points of the urban apiary?

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Collecting a Wild Honeybee Swarm (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Wild Bees, Bees, Beekeeping, Local Bees, Bee Population, Drones, Swarm, Beekeeper, Matthew Reed, Bee Colonies, Bee Swarm, Raising Bees, Healthy Bees, Honeybees, Queen Bee, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

A wild honeybee swarm may range in size anywhere between roughly 1000 to 30,000 bees. In this video, beekeeper Matt Reed demonstrates how to collect swarm.

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Proposal To Tax Beekeepers Stirs Up Swarm

AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 05.30.2011

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FRESNO, Calif. -- A California proposal to tax beekeepers to pay for research on bees' health has stirred up a swarm, even though all agree more study...

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Beekeepers Ask EPA to Remove Bayer Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Urban Beekeeping, Bees, Beekeeping, Colony Collapse Disorder, Beekeepers Association, Honey Bees, Ccd, Farming, Clothianidin, Organic, Green News
Annie Spiegelman

Beekeepers and environmentalists today called on EPA to remove the pesticide Clothianidin, citing a leaked EPA memo that discloses a critically flawed scientific support study.

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Weekly Pulse: DADT, Vampire Bees, and Other Hazards to Your Health

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Dr. Kenneth Katz recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Health...

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Giving Thanks for Bees

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honey, Beekeeping, Bee Venom, Insecticides, Beeswax, Dr. Reese Halter, Ice Cream, Cotton, Neonictinoids, Thanksgiving, Mayans, Honeybees, Plastic Bags, Organics, Bees, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

This year, I give thanks to the 1.8 trillion honeybees that directly account for a quarter of a trillion dollars of worldwide commerce annually.

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All Sweet for Honey Producers in Malawi

Joseph Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Scott

A few months ago, Siverio Kamera, 42, a member of Ngala Club in Dowa, Malawi, was getting disillusioned by the lack of progress in his newly found source of livelihood, beekeeping.

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PHOTOS: The Mysterious World Of Bees

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

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They bring us food, keep our ecosystems functioning, and even provide a fun hobby for those in beekeeping. Bees are amazing creatures, and we want t...

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WATCH: Beekeeper Heroes! How Ordinary Citizens Are Saving The Declining Bee Population

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catharine Reeves may be a government worker by day, but in her own time she is doing all she can to save the bees. In this clip from CNN, Reeves is j...

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Honey Smuggling

AOL News | Andrew Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Honey, Honey Laundering, Honey, Beekeeping, Honey Smuggling, Food Politics, Food Imports, Honey Imports, Green News

Honey typically conjures benign images of Winnie the Pooh with his paw stuck in the pot. But in recent years, it's made federal investigators think of...

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Urban Beekeeping, Honey: New York Magazine's Comprehensive Guide

New York Magazine | Published May 23, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beekeeping New York, Urban Beekeeping, Bees, Honey, Beekeeping, Honeybees, Food News

A few weeks ago in Greenpoint, a swarm of 30,000 Italian honeybees broke free of a rooftop hive, scaring neighbors and casting a menacing, if ultimate...

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The Bee Swarm

Dave Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Chicago Rooftop Farm, Urban Beekeeping, Beekeeping, Restaurants, Urban Farming, Bee Stings, Bee-Hive, Queen Bees, Rooftop Gardens, ABC News, Chicago News
Dave Snyder

The cold, dizzly weather Chicago's been having lulled Liam and I into a false sense of security, as we hadn't seen much action from the hives. Today's swarm was a rude awakening.

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New York Officials Decide To Allow Beekeeping

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York's Beekeeping Ban May Soon Be Amended

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's board will take up the issue of amending the health code to allow residents to keep hives of...

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Beekeeping for a Quiet Mind

Megan Paska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Beekeeping, Bees, Honey, Beekeeping, Peace of Mind, Apiculture, Home-Brewery, Beekeeping New York, Honeybees, Inner Calm, Green News
Megan Paska

I've been a beekeeper for a year now. Each weekend I wake up shortly after the sun. I put on clean denim overalls, sandals, my cotton sunhat and veil and I climb my steep iron ladder with smoker in hand.

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Former Coal Mines Turned Into Beekeeping Havens

Planet Green | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 05.25.2011

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By federal law, coal companies have to restore the land they used back to an as-good-or-better condition than it was in when they started mining. Howe...

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Hot Beekeepers: Pick The Cutest Beekeeper (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon and Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Beekeeping, Beekeeping, Local Food, Beekeeprs, Slidepoll, Cute Beekeepers, Cutest Beekeepers, Hotties, Green News

First, we gave you the hottest organic farmers, and you sent us photos of your favorite agri-hotties. Now, we at HuffPost Green are continuing our lov...

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