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.
Posted 11.21.2011
Hotels are continuing to moonlight in the urban beekeeping business in an effort to bring guests fresh honey and help bee colonies populate. Among ...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 09.26.2011
As Mike Barrett fearlessly approaches, a bunch of bees surrounds him. Although these guys are a little agitated, they're not up in arms -- yet. "I'm not afraid of the bees," Mike says.
Vera Haller | Posted 08.17.2011
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?
Dave Snyder | Posted 07.19.2011
Honeybees are hardy, and given good conditions, such as a large population and plenty of honey storage, they generally make it through the winter. At least that's how it's supposed to go.
Kaitlin Keleher | Posted 05.25.2011
In Los Angeles, urban beekeeping remains de facto illegal. But despite this outlaw status, the urban beekeeping movement has been gathering momentum and members.
Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011
As awareness increases about where our food comes from, so comes the interest in growing food close to home. And this also includes providing a place ...
Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Posted 05.25.2011
Tokyo joins the growing list of metropolises that are buzzing about bees. In this video, Reuters heads to Tokyo's Ginza district, where classes on ur...
New York Magazine | Published May 23, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Dave Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011
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Megan Paska | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon and Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Posted 05.25.2011
Guest Post From Dan Shapley From The Daily Green The Daily Green's Beekeeper, Kim Flottum, has been working to help people start beekeeping, which he...
thedailygreen.com | Kim Flottum | Posted 05.25.2011
There's a lot happening, Up On The Roof, these days, and keeping a few hives of bees up there fits right in....
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Beekeeping, despite the plethora of environmental benefits, is illegal in New York City. Plenty of great organizations, like Just Food, are working to...
Elizabeth O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011
A dynamic group of urban-agricultural enthusiasts gathered in New York to celebrate the fourth day of Pollinator Week 2009.
Getty/AFP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK: An urban beekeeper inspects part of her colony of Italian honeybees on the roof of her Brooklyn building May 30, 2009 in New York City. Beek...
Megan Paska | Posted 02.29.2012