BEES

We want to know, are you participating in No Mow May?

Learn how bees are buzzing back to Detroit

“No Mow May” encourages residents to not cut their grass until May 31 in order to promote local populations of pollinators and other environmentally helpful creatures.

A local nonprofit group is planning to open Detroit’s first educational community center and Michigan native botanical gardens dedicated to the conservation of pollinators.

Want to know what it takes to be a backyard beekeeper?

A Metro Detroit nonprofit is sparking a national movement that’s a win-win.

You’re never to young to save the planet and you’re never too old, either.

Since the 1950s, the bee population across the world has been declining at a troubling rate, specifically in urban areas where they lack adequate habitat...

Grosse Pointe Yacht Club is now the proud home of two honey bee hives from Bees in the D. GPYC General Manager Aaron Wagner suited up for the bees' arrival

Michigan is host to 465 bee species.

Honey bees are an essential part of our ecosystem and economy.

Bees are not aggressive unless you invade their home or step on them, Kennedy says. Find out on Saturday, Feb. 8, at a free two-hour lecture hosted online by Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers (A2B2). Read: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers offers beekeeping classesA2B2 speaker coordinator and liaison Anne Barratt-Fornell said that when the organization held the same lecture last month, community members were so enthusiastic that the Zoom call quickly exceeded its participant limit. AdFor the lecture this Saturday, the organization is ready to speak with up to 500 potential beekeepers. Find the Zoom link and more information about the free lecture here.

The annual survey released Monday, June 22, 2020, of U.S. beekeepers found that honeybee colonies are doing better after a bad year. Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers (A2B2) is offering beginner and intermediate classes for community members interested in bees and beekeeping. Beginner classes will go over basic bee biology and management, equipment and what to expect during the first year of beekeeping. Intermediate classes are intended for individuals with experience keeping bees through the winter and will go over management strategies, swarm prevention and pest/disease treatment. Learn more about the beginner and intermediate classes or register here at www.a2b2club.org/about-bee-school