NYC Pollinator Week Update

Last week was the 3rd Annual National Pollinator Week, and the nonprofit group Just Food organized a Beekeepers Ball to kick it off. Throughout the city there were also special honey menus at restaurants, and a honey festival at the Union Square Greenmarket.

Just Food is also working to advance the Campaign to Legalize Beekeeping in an effort to lift the city's ban on beekeeping.

Below is our own Club's Queen Bee, LIBC President, Joanne Thomas Fischer, with her special drone, James Fischer, beekeeper, LIBC Corresponding Secretary, and bon vivant, attending the Beekeepers Ball.
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You can see more photos of the Ball at the following websites:
http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/tag/beekeepers-ball/
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/06/the-beekeepers-ball-nyc-just-food-urban-beekeeping-honeybees-south-street-seaport.html
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/23/dining/0624-BEES_index.html

Eileen Cole presented a workshop on mead (a fermented alcoholic drink made with honey), and the handout for the meeting is available at our Digital Library.