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Photo from HoneyLove’s garden this weekend ♥
Lemon tree + Honey Bee + Butterfly
July 16th, 2012
July 9th, 2012
![ARTICLE: Urban beekeeping taking root in Santa MonicaLaw allows residents to pick up the planet-friendly hobby
“The goal: to get the rather large number of bees currently suspended between 15 and 20 feet above the ground into boxes lined with thin wooden frames in such a way that they would actually create a new hive and stay there…
The discovery of wild honeybees nested in Hekimian’s yard brought back old memories and a keen desire to pick up where his dad had left off, something that couldn’t have happened within Santa Monica’s city limits until early 2011 when the City Council made it legal to have bee hives on private property.
It was a no-brainer, said Dean Kubani, director of the Office for Sustainability and the Environment…
Hekimian contacted Animal Control as soon as he found the hive, received approval and called Rob McFarland.
The two had met just the day before Lucas’ discovery at a beekeeping talk hosted at the Whole Foods Market in El Segundo, one of a series of events the grocery store put on to raise awareness about honeybees and the role they play in the environment.
McFarland and his wife Chelsea were speaking for Honeylove.org, a non-profit organization they founded to protect honeybees and help out the uninitiated with bee problems.
McFarland got started in beekeeping a year ago in true DIY fashion… and now McFarland pitches in where he can to help others learn the ins and outs of beekeeping.
He came over Saturday morning, and Project: Bee Relocation got underway…
McFarland began pumping smoke into the hive. He then cut sections of the hive away from the rubber tree plant and handed them to Hekimian as videographer Eric Longden documented the whole affair…
After the main chunks of the hive came down, McFarland and Hekimian trimmed sections of the wax so they would fit within the thin wooden frames and strapped them in with rubber bands.
Eventually, the bees will seal the existing chunks of hive into the frame and chew away the offending rubber bands, McFarland said.
After the frames have been put into the box, it’s a waiting game. The bees could choose to stay in the box, or they could vacate the area and establish a new hive elsewhere.
Within minutes, it was clear the bees would stay. The little creatures crawled through a slit in the box, turned around and began fanning the air with their wings to spread the pheromone signaling wayward bees to come home.
Hobbyist beekeeping is in the middle of a renaissance…
From an environmental point of view, the more bees, the better. Bees are responsible for pollinating a full third of the food that enters our diets, according to Eric C. Mussen, a professor at UC Davis, in a paper titled ‘Don’t Underestimate the Value of Honey Bees!’”
[click here to read the full article on smdp.com]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6xkj0aSYn1qjgwupo1_500.png)
ARTICLE: Urban beekeeping taking root in Santa Monica
Law allows residents to pick up the planet-friendly hobby
“The goal: to get the rather large number of bees currently suspended between 15 and 20 feet above the ground into boxes lined with thin wooden frames in such a way that they would actually create a new hive and stay there…
The discovery of wild honeybees nested in Hekimian’s yard brought back old memories and a keen desire to pick up where his dad had left off, something that couldn’t have happened within Santa Monica’s city limits until early 2011 when the City Council made it legal to have bee hives on private property.
It was a no-brainer, said Dean Kubani, director of the Office for Sustainability and the Environment…
Hekimian contacted Animal Control as soon as he found the hive, received approval and called Rob McFarland.
The two had met just the day before Lucas’ discovery at a beekeeping talk hosted at the Whole Foods Market in El Segundo, one of a series of events the grocery store put on to raise awareness about honeybees and the role they play in the environment.
McFarland and his wife Chelsea were speaking for Honeylove.org, a non-profit organization they founded to protect honeybees and help out the uninitiated with bee problems.
McFarland got started in beekeeping a year ago in true DIY fashion… and now McFarland pitches in where he can to help others learn the ins and outs of beekeeping.
He came over Saturday morning, and Project: Bee Relocation got underway…
McFarland began pumping smoke into the hive. He then cut sections of the hive away from the rubber tree plant and handed them to Hekimian as videographer Eric Longden documented the whole affair…
After the main chunks of the hive came down, McFarland and Hekimian trimmed sections of the wax so they would fit within the thin wooden frames and strapped them in with rubber bands.
Eventually, the bees will seal the existing chunks of hive into the frame and chew away the offending rubber bands, McFarland said.
After the frames have been put into the box, it’s a waiting game. The bees could choose to stay in the box, or they could vacate the area and establish a new hive elsewhere.
Within minutes, it was clear the bees would stay. The little creatures crawled through a slit in the box, turned around and began fanning the air with their wings to spread the pheromone signaling wayward bees to come home.
Hobbyist beekeeping is in the middle of a renaissance…
From an environmental point of view, the more bees, the better. Bees are responsible for pollinating a full third of the food that enters our diets, according to Eric C. Mussen, a professor at UC Davis, in a paper titled ‘Don’t Underestimate the Value of Honey Bees!’”
July 8th, 2012
WATCH: Bee Swarm(s) on a Treasure Chest
[via BeeGirl]
June 15th, 2012
Thursday, JUNE 28TH!!
5% Day Supporting HONEYLOVE ♥!!!
SHOP ON THIS DAY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!! 5% of Whole Foods Market El Segundo’s net sales will be donated to HoneyLove. HoneyLove is a 501(c)3 non-profit conservation organization with a mission to protect the honey bees and inspire and educate new urban beekeepers. To find out more, please visit their website at http://honeylove.org/.
Customers are encouraged to support Bee Awareness by wearing black & yellow. Everyone who shows their support will be entered into a raffle to win fun bee-inspired prizes. DRESS LIKE A BEE this day, and get LUNCH ON WHOLE FOODS (up to $10)!!
MEETUP: meetup.com/HoneyLove/events/69337922/
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/events/425487094149635/
ADDRESS: 760 South Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, CA
May 24th, 2012
![Mason Beehives [via meetyouat]
VIDEO: How to build a Mason bee homehttp://youtu.be/qvD9oIk9fpA](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26jd7QAKT1qahrk7o1_500.jpg)
Mason Beehives [via meetyouat]
VIDEO: How to build a Mason bee home
http://youtu.be/qvD9oIk9fpA
(Source: octopusflail)
May 18th, 2012
I am Slovene: The bee buses of Slovenia
“Damien, a beekeeper near Maribor converted two buses into bee houses. Actually, this is a common Slovenian practice, one that sets their beekeepers apart from others. He uses the bee buses for tourism and honey production. You can see the chalk marks on each hive that tell him the status of the hive. He says many tourists (many Japanese) will meditate in his bee bus. He opens all the hives and people can sit inside the bus surrounded by the noise of the buzzing bees.
While I was interviewing Damien, a few other neighbor beekeepers arrived with news that their own hives were dying off that day. Damien was nervous that something also might happen to his hives. In the past few years colony collapse, and other forms of hive disturbance have been affecting Slovenian bees.”
May 10th, 2012
WE LIKE YOU TOO!!! Thanks so much for your support!!
May 7th, 2012
![HoneyLove + BorageRandom fact of the day… did you know that borage refills with nectar every 2 minutes!!
“According to old wives’ tales, borage was sometimes smuggled into the drink of prospective husbands to give them the courage to propose marriage.” [via Mary Campbell, A Basket of Herbs]
“Bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves…the flowers are complete, perfect with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals… Traditionally borage was cultivated for culinary and medicinal uses, although today commercial cultivation is mainly as an oilseed… [Borage] has a sweet honey-like taste and as one of the few truly blue-colored edible substances, is often used to decorate dessert.” [via Wikipedia]
Photo credit: HoneyLover John Fedorowicz](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3otou52HK1qjgwupo1_500.jpg)
HoneyLove + Borage
Random fact of the day… did you know that borage refills with nectar every 2 minutes!!
“According to old wives’ tales, borage was sometimes smuggled into the drink of prospective husbands to give them the courage to propose marriage.” [via Mary Campbell, A Basket of Herbs]
“Bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves…the flowers are complete, perfect with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals… Traditionally borage was cultivated for culinary and medicinal uses, although today commercial cultivation is mainly as an oilseed… [Borage] has a sweet honey-like taste and as one of the few truly blue-colored edible substances, is often used to decorate dessert.” [via Wikipedia]
Photo credit: HoneyLover John Fedorowicz
