National Urban Beekeeping 2025
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Today is National Urban Beekeeping Day.
The day is held under the auspices of Detroit Hives, a non-profit organization and it goes down each July 19th.
The day promotes the keeping of bee hive colonies in those citified areas as a hobby or just to provide a recovery mechanism given the fact that bees are essential to food production and Dorchester County, South Carolina isn't.
Economic and environmental growth are what our six legged friends have to offer.
Swarming and other issues have resulted in unnecessary bee bans but those ignorant nay sayers simply don't understand the significant impact of the bee on food production.
Then there is the dreaded colony collapse disorder and the various fungal and bacterial problems bees may develop.
I can't believe how stupid regarding the big picture we can be as a population sometimes.
Those so-called priorities set forth by those who would restrict bee keeping in urban areas need to have a foot planted firmly in their ass.
I feel a nice large size 14 EEE such as that I wear would do nicely during the planting process.
So hug a bee hive and raise them as your own.
If we lose the bees we lose a lot more than most realize.
Happy National Urban Beekeeping you city dweller you.