Saturday, March 31, 2012

Great morning teaching Intro to Beekeeping at The Unity Gardens this morning. Have a few future beekeepers coming up! More classes to come.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

**Bees....life would be very hard without them!**
This Saturday, Unity Gardens will host a guest speaker, Steve Lesniak, 4H Bee Superintendent, to talk about bees!
We will also discuss Peace Bees! www.peacebees.org

TIME: 10:00am
LOCATION: 702 South Chapin Street (via Potawatomi Conservatories)

Monday, March 26, 2012

Ever wanted to learn more about Bees ? Life would be hard without them . This Saturday Unity Gardens will have a special guest speaker on Bees Steve Lesniak 4H Bee Superintendent , and also with Peace Bees www.peacebees.org will be giving an intro to Bees and Bee Keeping this Sat March 31st at 10am at the Unity Gardens Classroom 702 Chapin St Class Is Free and Everyone is Welcome !!
for more info call 574-315-436
or e-mail growunitygardens@yahoo.com (via St. Joseph County Soil & Water Conservation District) http://www.peacebees.org/

Monday, March 19, 2012

RT @vanishingbees: One more reason to love honey and be in awe of the bees. Honey is medicine and is sacred! http://t.co/VFG7a9oG

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Exciting news! The Washington High School shop class will be building hives for use at the Unity Gardens. So cool to have my alma mater helping with this project. Go Panthers!! - Alex
Gwyneth Paltrow admits that she loves insects, to the point of following a course of bee venom to get rid of the pain of an injury.
http://www.goop.com/newsletter/170/en

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Alex will be speaking at Green Festival Chicago. Either May 5 or 6 at Navy Pier. More to come.
http://www.greenfestivals.org/chi/updates/
One of Alex's inspirations.

Rachel Carson tops the timeline of women who have won the National Book Award since 1950. Read her speech at the ceremony! (via Rachel Carson) http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners_female.html

Monday, March 12, 2012

RT @onetewbee: Beautiful spring day so I posted Spring bee flight: http://t.co/hJtnjcZf via @youtube I needed to do something with the bees

Sunday, March 11, 2012

The girls were flying again today and bringing in very light pollen. Willow maybe?

Saturday, March 10, 2012

This is why Peace Bees is dedicated to partnerships with organizations like the Unity Gardens! Awesome... just think of what humanity could do if we could all get on this page together. (via Richard McGinnis) http://www.youtube.com/v/9D05ej8u-gU?version=3&autohide=1&autoplay=1

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

All four hives out fly'n and enjoying the sun today! One of those lucky colonies will be moving to the city this spring.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Big thank you to Kim Flottum & Bee Culture magazine. We will have sample issues to give our students & visitors at our upcoming events!
Did you know honey is a humectant? Follow the link below for a recipe on how to make your own dry skin honey moisturizer! (via National Honey Board) http://georgiahoneyfarm.com/at-home-treatments-to-beautify-your-skin/