Think wisely about feral bees.

People should not overlook the fact that all bees are not good. Feral colonies cross breed, and nest in uncontrolled circumstances where disease cannot be detected. They can potentially host varroa parasites should these creatures arrive from New Zealand on water craft. Bees need to be well manage and I am always happy to help people get started. However, its interesting to note the the Office of State Revenue, has decided beekeeping is not primary production, and I have lost most of mine.

Might have mentioned the mites

What about bee mites? Aren't parasitic mites killing hives across the world. But strangely no mention of them on this dateline program. Because of these mites Australia has a bee export industry.

From Andrew in NYC

We have gotten a lot of nice e-mails from around the world following this piece. I want to personally thank Ginny Stein for her excellent, fun, and professional work. I am also happy to learn that Melbourne already has an urban beekeeping scene (as evidenced by Peter Haun's comment). I would love to visit your continent country one day and hope to have the chance to do so. I am particularly interested in tasting fresh from the hive Leathrwood honey in Tasmania. One day, perhaps...

Thanks Mayor Bloomberg.

I had beehives on my Manhattan rooftop 14yrs ago when Mayor Gulliani had banned them. So, thanks Mayor Bloomberg to remove the ban. The spring honey crop is delicious!!

From where bees' food is coming from?

It is amaizing to discover how human need is capable of doing, when necessity is pushing over the limits. My question is where the bees get enough nectar for their activity in a big city as New York? (keeping in mind that a bee can fly till roughly 3 kilomiters from the be-hive). My bees (three be-hives - probabily 300.000 bees in summer) are quite ok in the suburb I live in, because of the large amount of vegetation all around, which is unthinkable in a city with vertical building development.

Pollination

I picked up on the comment that about one third of our food is directly bee pollinated. I add that even more of our food more needs bees indirectly e,g, to produce the seeds of the food for humans or our livestock. Our politicians have been reducing their support for beekeeping across the nation. They have also been watering down the quaratine that keeps out the nasties that will decimate our beestock.

Urban honey is already here

Found this really interesting show . Australian you already have your own urban honey in Melbourne. I got some neutral honey from this guy who being doing everything on a bicycle for years, very pure and delicious. Well done urban honey co.

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you must also remember that a lot of australias honey comes from china sus quyality, and the aus honey goes to china because it is a better quality ,no rain poor honey harvest the chineese are not silley why dont you investergate and see the truth of the sitsuation