June 27: Good Article on Urban Beekeeping

My mother recently sent me an article from her local newspaper on urban beekeeping. I located the AP story on the web: "Urban beekeeping is the latest buzz". It includes the standard advice for city beeks, including providing a water source, communicating with neighbors, and checking flight paths and local ordinances.

The author makes an interesting point: "cities are often a healthier environment for bees because there is less pesticide usage than in most farming areas." Cities generally have the reputation of being dirtier and more polluted than the "country", but we tend to forget about the tons of chemicals dumped on rural land.

The future of beekeeping:

my brother and his son when installing our very first package.