dJJ said:

That is great news!

Ofcourse you can pull this off! Just make sure you post in advance, so all the orgers know when to burn a candle for you and send you all the positive thoughts in order to strenghten you in your pursue!

Do you have enough material and arguments for the fundraiser?

Bees are truly pivotal for humans to survive. Can you get in touch with a biologist from Harvard that specialises in this material? Someone like that can back you up with info for the fundraising. And might even want to hire your help as a beekeeper for a research project. Because it is an urgent matter, there will be research and therefore funding. Do you know anybody who could contact you at these institutions? Maybe you can work together with the architect, the school and a researcher. Make a project out of it, so you earn enough money for income and become a beekeeper with the support and materials you need. That would be soooo perfect.

I have an academic network, however, it's all psychology. And I don't know if it's even neccesary to have a network. You might also just e-mail a researcher, and tell about your ambitions as a beekeeper. And maybe there is a project that you could participate in, or you can inspire a researcher to initiate a beehyve research project. And will get funding for some money for you and the costs for the boxes, the jars, and other beekeeper gear you need (a little van to be able to drive around with the boxes). You never know, just go out there and get people involved and have them help and support you with your ideals and needs!

And try to get somebody from the city involved. That's always good to have them back you up. Not even necessary to participate, but as long as you have a contactperson that knows about your initiative is already a good thing. Keep them posted, because it is important for a city to have beehyves. They should be thankful for your enthousiasm and when you can infect them with it, and have the suport of the city, that will benefit the school, the architect, a possible researcher...

I do think you can pull this off. Because it is not just some personal hobby, it is actually really important for the community in the city. Allthough few people realize how important it is. I hope you can convey your enthousiasm and your message. Maybe you will have your first jar of honey sooner than we both ever would have guessed!

And it's great to involve your son. I loved it when my dad took me with him to his hyves and when I assisted him with rotating in order to get the honey.......

My dad gets a lot of hyves because people will call him when they have a hyve in their garden or land. Some people are afraid for the bees or just want to get rid of them, and my dad will come over and catches the hyves. I've been on these trips with him several times. It's always exciting, especially when he tells me to back of, because then I know it's an agressive hyve, and catching those hyves is a true adrenaline job.

You're dad is a brave man! Now see.... the bumblebees that are by my mom's house are fat and slow... they are considered aggressive supposedly, but they never swarm and if you blow on them gently they fly away from your face if they get too close. But the samller, faster bees

Funny you mention Harvard... the Arboretum School of Design (its one of the Harvard extension programs) is already connected with the fruit tree project . Thankfully Boston is a small enough city where people intersect and run in similar circles... so people tend to know someone you are working with already. The green industry in Boston is a closely knit bunch of professionals, and because of all the revitalization and construction most of these people tend to have worked with eachother. The woman who is helping me has contacts in the mayor's office and I am in contact with a few people that have connections with some of the older schools (Boston College, and the Divinity schools) that take care of the small historic cemetaries in the areas.

I am online right now, shopping for more plants to fill the spaces I am re-planting in. Its rainy here all week... so the phone banking and contacting these folks has been easy. Things are starting to fall into place.

My thread... lived.

Lammastide said:

My thread... lived.

Its a good thread

Its an important topic.

paintedlady said:

Lammastide said:

My thread... lived.

Its a good thread

Its an important topic.

Yes. I would have never imagined to be so thrilled by a threat about Boston Bees on PRINCE forum.

to both of you. Paintedlady, it does all come together doesn't it? Will you keep us posted? And cherish your first jar of honey?

You are aware of a beekeepers outfit, right? Will you post a picture in your atronaut's bee outfit?

well I hate bugs....bees included (I was just stung in the bellybutton..of all places by a hornet last week) but I don't want to see them go extinct...that's for sure.

hmm...this reminds me....we've lived in our house going on 12 years now and we have hornets that can't fly...every year I see them crawling around....but not flying. weird....always wonder why it is these hornets don't fly.

We need to protect the bees...they are vital for pollination, without them we wouldn't have plants or flowers or food.

You wouldn't be saying you don't like them then!

There is also an issue with small mites that have also caused problems for bees but i also heard

Wi-Fi may be partly responsible.

At any rate, this needs investigation and solving!

PapaSmurf said:

So..when I'm online on my mobile phone, does it mean I'm a bee-slaughter?

Don't act all innocent, you know you are killer bee

cborgman said:

it's really a bit frightening. no bees means no pollination. no pollunation means a lot less plant life. if i remember my grade school science correctly, the less plant life, the less breathable air

Actually Chris...the loss of bees means the loss of agricultural plantlife that we depend on (most of our fruits & veggies depend on bees for pollination).

If bees went extinct, we would lose much of our agriculture (and go hungry).

But there's plenty of other plantlife that doesn't depend on bees for reproduction, and would actually welcome our extinction so that they can re-conquer the vast woodlands and jungles which we have killed in order to plant bee-dependant crops.

petty cell phones can never take....THE KILLER BEES!!!!