We’ve been hard at work “prettying up” our Honeybee Conservancy here at Rodale Institute and making a comfortable home with a well-stocked pantry for the ladies. The 2013 Conservancy has a new physical arrangement and a whole new set of … Continued
Dig Deeper
Honeybee Conservancy
For the bees
Six questions to ask your beekeeper
Not everyone has the time, the space or the inclination to keep their own bees, but buying honey can be confusing. Meme Thomas, instructor for the Honeybee Conservancy classes at Rodale Institute and founder of Baltimore Honey, shared with us … Continued
GMO honey
By Daniel Wiser, Attune Foods, Director of Marketing Honey is a pretty natural thing. Honeybees collect nectar from flowering plants, add enzymes and store it until most of the water evaporates. The result is a tasty, naturally sweet, and arguably … Continued
The buzz out west
Rodale Institute executive director Coach Mark Smallwood will be out at Expo West this week talking about honeybees and other pollinators. Catch him Friday March 8th from noon to 1pm (PST) at Attune Foods’ booth #2863 where he will be … Continued
Seven easy ways to help the honeybees
Meme Thomas, instructor for the Honeybee Conservancy classes at Rodale Institute and founder of Baltimore Honey, says there are seven simple ways to help both the honeybee and native pollinator populations in your area right now. 1. Include nectar- and … Continued
Bringing back the honeybee: Meme Thomas
Baltimore Honey’s mission is to maximize local honeybee pollination for local food security, but how the organization goes about fulfilling that mission is anything but standard. Meme Thomas started Baltimore Honey in 2008, establishing the organization officially as a nonprofit … Continued
Honeybee Crisis Update
Honey, that sweet, pure and unique nectar of the honeybee, has experienced a perfect storm of negativity over the last decade—from product contaminated with lead, antibiotics and other heavy metals, to any number of colored syrups masquerading as honey, to … Continued