Comments on: Urban Beekeeping – the latest buzz http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/07/urban-beekeeping-%e2%80%93-the-latest-buzz/ Articles on topics about sustainable living. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Peiyun http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/07/urban-beekeeping-%e2%80%93-the-latest-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-31034 Peiyun Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:01:51 +0000 http://www.eartheasy.com/blog/?p=926#comment-31034 Dear Greg, I love this article. I have a beekeeper friend in Japan. He said this idea is practiced in Tokyo few years old. everyone likes this idea. However as a well-experienced beekeeper, he said this is not good for bees. As bees biologically fly up to catch food. If the beehive is set on top of building, this is against the nature, and also cruel to the tiny insect. Can you explain more about this? And I will write an article about urban bees for a NPO. Can I use this pic in ur website? I will be very appreciated if you can reply me :) Wish you have wonderful time.

Greetings from Taiwan
Peiyun

]]> By: Greg Seaman http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/07/urban-beekeeping-%e2%80%93-the-latest-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-2443 Greg Seaman Mon, 24 May 2010 17:12:54 +0000 http://www.eartheasy.com/blog/?p=926#comment-2443 You can have bees shipped to your address, or you can pick them up if you liver close enough to a source. Whether there are enough flowers to support them is another matter, where you will have to use your judgement, and ask other beekeepers if you know any.
You should consider how many blooming flowers, shrubs, fruit trees and similar pollen producers are within a reasonable distance from the hive. And try to learn if there are other beeleepers already accessing these resources. In my area (which is rural, not urban) we don't do well with bees because there are not enough wildflowers and garden/fruit tree blooms to sustain the colony.
One suggestion is to go and stand where you plan to locate the hive, and do a visual scan with binoculars. Are there lots of flowering blooms? You should get a pretty good idea.

]]> By: Brian Green http://eartheasy.com/blog/2009/07/urban-beekeeping-%e2%80%93-the-latest-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Brian Green Mon, 24 May 2010 13:31:17 +0000 http://www.eartheasy.com/blog/?p=926#comment-2440 How do they get bees into the city? Ship them or do they have to drive and pick them up?
Are there enough flowers/pollen to support lots of bees?

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