Happy birthday to Henry Fonda (RIP) an amateur beekeeper who reportedly gave friends jars labelled “Henry’s Honey.” The beekeeping connection was reinforced when Fonda’s son Peter won an Academy Award nomination for playing a beekeeper in the 1997 movie Ulee’s Gold.
From BBC News:
“A species of bumblebee has been spotted in Scotland for the first time in 50 years.
The Southern Cuckoo bumblebee was found near the border with England at St Abbs in Berwickshire. Read the rest of this entry →
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Bee Native, The Honeybee Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council announce the creation of a February 4th fundraiser for “Vanishing of the Bees,” a new documentary that comprehensively demystifies the collapse of honeybee populations across the planet and its risk to $15 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. agricultural revenue products. Read the rest of this entry →
Friday, December 18, 2009
New York Times reports that beekeeping will be legalized in NYC!
When Michelle Obama gave her thumbs up to an organic garden at the White House, complete with two bee hives, amateur beekeepers around America took notice.
“The inclusion of two beehives in the White House garden sends a very powerful message about the importance of bees to our food supply,” says Karen Wasmer of K&W Apiary, a mentor to new beekeepers who became a beekeeper to aid in the pollination of her organic crops. “I look forward to mentoring more new beekeepers,” says Ms. Wasmer, who offers classes to beekeepers as young as age 10 through the Northeast Florida Honey Bee Association. Read the rest of this entry →
Isabella Rossellini has written, directed and presented an incredible series of visually stunning, hand-crafted short films about the sex lives of animals called “Green Porno”.
Although some might consider these educational videos a bit much for younger viewers (that’s for you to decide), they are amazing nonetheless. She gives first-person narratives as a bee, a spider, a snail and even as an earthworm.
Below is the video. Enjoy!
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