Tag: Bees - Page 5
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Honey Bees and Art in the Heart of the Bronx
When I wrote about a farmer who kissed pigs the other day, I noted that the stories we tell ourselves matter. Culture is stories. And the narrative that we weave around the numerous environmental crises we face will be crucial
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Designer Let's Nature Do Art, naturalment! (Photos + Video)
When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery
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When Will Urban Honey Bees Run Out of Food?
From the joys of legalized beekeeping in New York to London's ambitious plans to promote urban bees, honey bees are returning to our cities in significant numbers. But while some research
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Turkish Beekeepers Abuzz Over Pesticide Concerns
If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal).
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Short Film Shows the Joys of Newly Legalized Beekeeping in NYC (Video)
Since New York legalized beekeeping within city limits last year, the practice has become more and more popular. On a quest to explore the growing beekeeping movement in New York, filmmakers Adrian Bautista, Martha Glenn and
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Honey Could Help Fight MRSA and Other Superbugs
Sara Snow has talked before about using bee pollen to help fight allergies, and honey also features strongly in folk medicine around the Globe. (The antimicrobial properties of honey are
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Truck Crash Spills 14 Million Bees Across Highway
In the search for solutions to the ongoing plight of honeybees, both mainstream bee experts and advocates of alternative approaches to beekeeping have suggested that the practice of trucking honeybees thousands of miles across country for pollination
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Combined Solar- & Wind-Power Plant Nurtures Bees Too
When I wrote about Toyota's 4.1MW ground mounted solar array in the UK, some commenters questioned whether the use of so much land was a sustainable way to generate power. It's a question that might also be asked now that
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Insect Hotels Abound at Chelsea Flower Show
Insect hotels are architectural, recycled and perfectly formed. But you can't stay there: they are for the bugs.
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Canada Seeks to Breed Stronger Honeybees
From tough love beekeeping to reviving the native black honeybee, there are many folks who believe that the answer to saving the bees lies in either breeding for better genetics and/or
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13.6% Decline in UK Honey Bees Confounds Experts
British honey bees were already in deep trouble. But just as a new campaign to save London's bees gears up for the Olympics, researchers are reporting yet another disastrous winter with
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Hong Kong's First Urban Beekeepers Ensuring Survival of Local Traditions
Hong Kong as a city and as an experience never ceases to amaze me. Though the stereotypical image of Hong Kong as a glittering, polluted ultra-modern metropolis still stands, it's surprising to discover that even just a half-hour ferry
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London's Bees Are in Trouble. Can The Olympics Save Them? (Video)
Kristin already reported on a campaign to plant 2012 gardens across London for the 2012 Olympics. As part of that campaign, the UK's capital is also planning a major revival of urban beekeeping too. The Capital Bee campaign
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Even Beauty Queens Dig Beekeeping (Video)
I've written before about my own experiences as a failed beekeeper, but beekeeping seems to be on the up among all walks of life—not just beardy expat English TreeHuggers. Earlier today, while I was posting a video of a
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More Beekeeping on the Rooftops of New York (Video)
When I posted a video on how to keep bees on the rooftops of New York City, I noted that it was the lifting of the city's ban on beekeeping that was making all this possible. Many beekeepers, however, have been at it
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Honeybee Air Monitoring Comes to Berlin's New Airport
Bees may well be a canary in the coal mine when it comes to environmental quality. But as scientists still struggle to determine the causes of colony collapse, airports in Germany have been using honeybees to evaluate the impact of
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How to Collect a Swarm of Honey Bees (Video)
When I posted a video on how to keep bees on the roofs of New York City, a passionate discussion emerged between commenters Judith Moran and Doug Ittner. Judith was advocating for "holisitic", chemical-free beekeeping,
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Green Vertical Walls at the Chelsea Flower Show
Green vertical walls are very popular at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, as are green roofs. Green walls are a natural, good looking and environmental way to cover that ugly back wall. They are nicer than vines because bugs and
