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Sticky Fingers | The Honey Harvest at Ghost Town Farm

Oct 7th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

A few weeks ago, I was a guest of honor at one of the fund-raiser dinners celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse. As a farmer, I couldn’t stand the thought of arriving empty-handed. I dialed the host. Could I bring apples from my urban farm? Duck eggs? No, no; I was told that the […]




Bees Force Cancellation

Sep 21st, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

The final round of a college golf tournament in Fort Worth was called off because of bees. The event, Texas-Arlington’s UTA/Waterchase Invitational, was canceled after a limb from a tree holding an estimated 70,000 bees fell and exposed a beehive at the 18th hole. Bees were swarming the area in minutes, and several people were […]




Around Bee Rescue, Honey and Rancor

Aug 30th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

Tropical Storm Irene moved through New York City on Sunday knocking out power, causing flooding in some neighborhoods and knocking over many trees. In one corner of Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, the storm also set off a fight — over bees.   In a gale wind from the storm, a hollowed-out branch of an […]




Beekeepers Partner With Farmers in New Jersey

Aug 7th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

THE couple who own Tassot Apiaries here, Jean-Claude and Beatrice Tassot, may not have the biggest or flashiest stall at the Princeton or Morristown farmers’ market. But without them, the pickings at those and the four other markets where they regularly set up shop might be quite a bit slimmer. The Tassots sell wildflower honey […]




A Network of Plants and Pollinators

Jun 29th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

Daniel Song, a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, writes from Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia, where he is studying how plants and pollinators form interaction networks. Tuesday, June 21 Next time you grab a snack or sit down for a meal, take a minute to think about what you’re eating; chances are plants and […]




Nomura’s Sweet Charity

Jun 23rd, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

Nomura in London has a way to sweeten its client negotiations. The Japanese bank, which bought the European business of Lehman Brothers in 2008, said it was installing two beehives on the roof of its European headquarters in London. About 80,000 bees are to start producing honey there next month. Nomura plans to brand the […]




Book Review

Jun 5th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

A bumper crop of books about vegetable gardening claims that the answer is in our own backyards. Not one convinces me, but they all make a good case for the simple joy of growing things. The best is the breezy, cantankerous and funny GROW THE GOOD LIFE: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, […]




Can Eating Local Honey Cure Allergies?

May 10th, 2011 | Category: Bee Science

Among allergy sufferers, there is a widespread belief that locally produced honey can alleviate symptoms — the idea being that the honey acts like a vaccine. Bees that jump from one flower to the next end up covered in pollen spores, which are then transferred to their honey. Eating that honey — just a spoonful […]




Beekeepers Keep the Lid On

Nov 30th, 1999 | Category: Bee Science

THERE were hives to inspect and honeycombs to drain, but before all that Patrick Gannon sat on a cinder block in his backyard on City Island with his 9-year-old son, Julian, and just watched the bees. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Audio Slide Show Beekeeping in Brooklyn Patrick Gannon and his son Julian tend bees […]




Floridian One to Call When Bees Move In

Nov 30th, 1999 | Category: Bee Science

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — In a county with one of the nation’s highest foreclosure rates, empty houses have attracted a new type of nonpaying tenant: bees. Skip to next paragraph Residential foreclosure rates are high in Cape Coral, Fla. Tens of thousands of honeybees, building nests in garages, rafters, even furniture left behind. When a […]