(editor's note: This is a beautiful story of how one man is sharing his life-long legacy with bees to an entire city! ~All my Love, Boo)
Did you know?
It takes one colony of honey bees (around 30,000 bees) to pollinate an acre of fruit trees.
A normal colony of honey bees contains only one QUEEN who may lay 2,000 eggs per day during her busy season.
There may be 60,000 or more WORKER bees (undeveloped females ) who do all the work. There will also be several hundred DRONES (Male bees).
A worker bee gathers in her entire life 1/10 tsp of honey.
It requires 10000 worker bees to gather a pound of honey.
Honey is one of the safest food - most harmful bacteria cannot live in honey for any length of time.
And for you sacred geometry fans: each honeycomb cell has six sides!
Bees descend on Waldorf Astoria -- and shack up in penthouse no less!
The famed hotel’s chef, David Garcelon, paired with fourth-generation beekeeper Andrew Cote to escort the bees from their black town car, through the lobby and up the elevator to their posh new rooftop digs on the 20th floor. The new arrivals feasted on sugar water in their copper-roofed penthouse accommodations. The snack was meant to hold them over until they can get out to sip the best nectar that nearby Bryant Park and Central Park have to offer.
Garcelon plans in several weeks to add honey-touched dishes to menus at the hotel’s restaurants, to build a chef’s garden around the hives, and, eventually, to allow guests to tour the bee’s home, which features stellar city views.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bees-descend-waldorf-astoria-shack-penthouse-article-1.1061718#ixzz1sDJvlWXt
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bees-descend-waldorf-astoria-shack-penthouse-article-1.1061718#ixzz1sDJvlWXt
A Message from the Elementals:
We are so very happy to report that because of YOUR efforts to spread the news of the devastating effects pestacides have had on our bee family, the chemical usage is down and bee poplulations are returning!
We see this mostly on small farms and backyard gardeners, but isn't this where all good things begin? Thank you for taking personal responsibility for what you do to your immediate environment -millions of bees are so very happy now because of you!
~The Elementals (16 April, Year of the Light)
