RE: seeking advice on integrating beekeeping into urban community gardening

**"Betsy Johnson" b*@bgjohnson.com**

Refer to the article on beekeeping in community gardens that appeared on
page 7 of the May 2005 issue of ACGA's Community Gardener newsletter

http://www.communitygarden.org/newsletter.php

Betsy Johnson
Executive Director
American Community Gardening Assoc.
877-275-2242  betsyjohnson@communitygarden.org

-----Original Message-----
From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
[community_garden-admin@mallorn.com] On Behalf Of Zach Feris
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:45 PM
To: community_garden@mallorn.com
Subject: [cg] seeking advice on integrating beekeeping into urban community
gardening

Hi gang,
  This growing season, members of the Brunswick Community Garden in Jersey
City, NJ will be deciding whether or not to integrate a new element into the
garden landscape - a beehive. I'm aware that a number of community gardens
in NYC, and elsewhere, have successfully done thus for a number of years
now. Due to member interest, we've decided to follow suit.

  The primary concern, as anyone would imagine, is human safety. Although,
in this litigious age, folks seem to move quickly along from concerns of
safety to concerns of liability. Whatever your line of thinking, here's the
thing - honeybees do occasionally sting people, and some people are allergic
to bee stings. 

  We'd be really interested in hearing from those of you out there who have
experience navigating these issues, specifically in an urban setting. We'd
really like to do this, but we want to be sure that we do it well. Thanks,
in advance!

  Best,
  Zach Feris, Co-Director
  Email:  zferis@yahoo.com
  Brunswick Community Garden
  Web:  http://www.geocities.com/jccommunitygarden/

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