2012 judges by Patrick Brown Help us spread the word. October 15 is the last day for receipt of entries to the 4th annual Black Jar Honey Contest, a contest […]

Lisa Wagner, author of the award-winning blog www.naturalgardening.blogspot.com and former Director of Education for the South Carolina Botanical Gardens returns to help you design a garden to encourage native pollinators (and honey

Bees and honey. Photo: Robin Stickney Until now, when Bee City USA was asked if there were any other Bee City USA communities, we said Asheville was the only one–so

Squash bee. Photo: Rebecca Sharish Congrats to Shorewood, Minnesota, for taking a bold step on behalf of pollinators on July 28th. Inspired by Patricia Hauser, volunteers have spent the last

Encaustic artist Julia Fossen has used wax as a medium for painting for many years. Based in Asheville’s River Arts District, Julia recently contacted Bee City USA to say she’d

Photo: Blaine Owens It’s nice to report good news for bees for a change! The White House created the Pollinator Health Task Force and on June 20 released Presidential Memorandum

Photo: Sophia Phillips-Noll Asheville Daily Planet publisher (and former beekeeper) John North has outdone himself on his reports of USDA Bee Lab leader, Dr, Jeff Pettis’, recent keynote addresses during

Bumblebee on clover. Photo: Nancy Adamson Asheville Citizen Times reporter Mackensy Lunsford recently wrote a great story about the upcoming Pollination Celebration! in Asheville during National Pollinator Week:  http://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/food/2014/05/20/asheville-bee-city-usa-celebrates-pollinators/9352575/

Bee City USA founders, Phyllis and Richard Stiles, recently had a tour of the Waldorf-Astoria’s rooftop apiary in New York. David Garcelon put beehives and a garden on the roof

DVD is available from Disney Store. On Sunday, April 6 at 11 a.m., Oprah will interview award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg about his work with time-lapse nature photography and the inherent