Planning board recommends allowing beekeeping, but nixes chickens on … – Shore News Today

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Planning board recommends allowing beekeeping, but nixes chickens on …
Shore News Today
While the board decided unanimously not to recommend modification of the existing ordinance on lot size and the keeping of “customary farm animals” in regard to keeping chickens, they decided to request that proposed language permitting beekeeping on …

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Forsyth Co. commission votes on beekeeping changes – Access North Georgia

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Forsyth Co. commission votes on beekeeping changes
Access North Georgia
Forsyth County commissioners voted to allow beekeeping in residential areas of the county, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The county's current zoning laws prohibit the raising of most domesticated livestock in restricted residential …
Bee fans gain ground in Forsyth CountyAtlanta Journal Constitution

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Middlesbrough’s Bee Friend beekeeping project nets much-needed cash – Gazette Live

January 27, 2012

Middlesbrough's Bee Friend beekeeping project nets much-needed cashGazette Liveby Sandy McKenzie, Evening Gazette Middlesbrough's Bee Friend beekeeping project has been awarded a further grant of £1442 from the Co-operative Community Fund. The money will be used to create two more community apiaries, taking the number of …

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Beekeeping for Beginners: A Honey of a Hobby – The Sag Harbor Express

January 25, 2012

The Sag Harbor Express

Beekeeping for Beginners: A Honey of a HobbyThe Sag Harbor ExpressBut there are other problems facing bees — including the small hive beetles from south Africa, a parasitic fly in California that is now beginning to lay eggs in honey bee colonies, and, perhaps worst of all, American foulbrood — the most [...]

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Bees get their buzz back in Victoria – Bendigo Advertiser

January 25, 2012

Bees get their buzz back in VictoriaBendigo AdvertiserR&E McDonald owner Bob McDonald, who has been in the industry for more than 60 years, said the reinstated sites were an important step forward for Australia's honey bee industry. “Right up into the late 1960s beekeepers had no difficulty in obtaining …

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What’s up with the bees? – Spiked

January 25, 2012

Spiked

What's up with the bees?SpikedAbout one mouthful in three in the diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination. While there are native pollinators (honey bees came from the Old World with European colonists), honey bees are more prolific and the easiest to manage …

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Urban beekeeping thrives on Melbourne rooftops – SmartPlanet.com (blog)

January 25, 2012

Southland Times

Urban beekeeping thrives on Melbourne rooftopsSmartPlanet.com (blog)By Lieu Thi Pham | January 25, 2012, 6:01 AM PST MELBOURNE — The practice of urban beekeeping is not a new concept; Paris, Berlin, London, Toronto, San Francisco and New York City are all part of a global movement to bring apiculture to the cities.a passion, not [...]

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Des Plaines to discuss possible beekeeping policy – TribLocal

January 25, 2012

TribLocal

Des Plaines to discuss possible beekeeping policyTribLocal(Photo provided by David Burns) The buzz about beekeeping is back in Des Plaines. A city legal and licensing committee will discuss on Thursday whether to draft a policy on allowing beekeeping, per a resident's request. Last spring, Rick Bohning told …

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Beekeeping for Beginners: A Honey of a Hobby – The Sag Harbor Express

January 25, 2012

The Sag Harbor Express

Beekeeping for Beginners: A Honey of a HobbyThe Sag Harbor ExpressBeginning next month, Lackey, who owns Sweet Pines Apiary in Bohemia, will offer a multi-part beekeeping course at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton. The course will meet the third Tuesday of the month between February and October, …Beekeepers plan [...]

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Beekeeping class at Foxhollow Farm – Louisville Courier-Journal

January 25, 2012

Beekeeping class at Foxhollow FarmLouisville Courier-JournalCarrie VanWinkle of Fleur-de-Bee Beekeeping will give an overview of natural beekeeping. She is a third-generation Kentucky beekeeper who specializes in sustainable approaches to beekeeping and beekeeping in an urban environment.

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