Bees without Borders Teaches Beekeeping to Alleviate Global Poverty |
Pollinating Bee (Photo by © P.Winberg)
Norm Cote (pronounced kotay), a native of Canada, and his sons Andrew and Michael, are third and fourth generation beekeepers located in the historic Silvermine district of Connecticut. There, at their Silvermine Apiary (www.silvermineapiary.com), they do no less than tend 200 hives and plot the global future of honey bees. For, in addition to tending bees, Andrew is a founder of two organizations dedicated to the advancement of beekeeping.
Globally, Bees without Borders (www.beeswithoutborders.org), is dedicated to teaching beekeeping as a way to alleviate poverty in economically depressed areas of the world. Norm and Andrew have worked in Iraq, Nigeria, Guatemala, India, and, most recently, Uganda, with orphanages and women’s cooperatives. On their journeys, Norm and Andrew teach beekeeping and help start beekeeping enterprises.
Locally, the New York City Beekeepers Association (www.nyc-bees.org) is an organization of urban beekeepers, and sympathetic honey lovers, in a city where beekeeping is illegal. For the fear of stings, our city has deprived us of truly local honey and the possibility that urban beekeeping might supplement city incomes and help sustain city community agricultural projects. But, the buzz is that city bees soon may loose their stigma, becoming legal.
Join Andrew for a sweet evening of honey tasting and a talk about Bees without Borders, the NYC Beekeepers Association, and the future of urban bees. We will also try Mead, the wine made from honey.
Proceeds from the event will support the work of Bees without Borders and Slow Food NYC.
Where: Astor Center – 399 Lafayette St. (enter around the corner on 4th St.), Manhattan
When: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Slow Food Members – $25 (use promotion code SFNYCMEM)
Non-members – $35 (use promotion code SFNYCNON)
Tickets available only at: Astor Center NYC
For more info on the slow food movement in NYC go to: Slow Food NYC
For an excellent book on the topic of beekeeping and artisanal honeymaking go to:
Honeybee: From Hive to Home, Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
To view previous posts on the topic go to:
1. A Connecticut Beekeeper Who is Truly an Artist
2. Pollination by Bees is Harmed by Air Pollution
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