Cities such as Melbourne, New York, Berlin and London are reporting a huge increase in the number of bee hives. All over our cities, on office rooftops, in parks and allotments, and in school grounds and urban backyards, bees are buzzing.
In just three years, membership of the British Beekeeping Association has doubled to 20,000, as young, urban dwellers transform a rather staid pastime into a vibrant environmental movement.
Many of London’s most famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Tate Modern and Fortnum & Mason now house bee hives.
Discover how to keep bees in an urban environment with this great book:
Bees in the City: The urban beekeepers’ handbook by Brian McCallum, Alison Benjamin
Buy it from the Guardian bookshop
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/07/urban-beekeeping
This post was written by:
Debbie - who has written 872 posts on My Climate Change Garden.
I am not an experienced gardener - more of an enthusiastic amateur who learns by trial and error and who is keen to "manage" the effects of shifting weather patterns on my garden.
Writing this blog is my passion and it has evolved over 12 years to inspire engagement with climate change outside our back doors, in our personal gardens and green spaces.
My mission is to fertilise and expand this platform to grow a community of global gardeners communicating about the effects of climate change on our plants and exploring how each individual can make small changes in our lives to become more sustainable.
The future of our gardens and #OurPlanet is in our hands - please plant your own seeds for our collective sustainable future.
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Mon, Aug 8, 2011
Climate Change, Bees