Robin Dartington wrote:

>  Many county beekeeping associations in UK have sites in
> public parks.  In Paris bees have been kept in full public view in the
> Luxembourg Gardens since the 1860's - and training courses are run.
> Amsterdam has the most beautiful bee gardens , where several beekeepers keep
> hives amongst exotic planting.  All these sites do wonders for promoting
> beekeeping - and help to avoid incidents where holigans attack wild things
> out of ignorance.

Some good ideas for the US. I know there are some public farm (State ag
farms) that run hives.

Does anyone have info on US gardens or other private/public places that
have colonies on exhibit?  Who manages them?

This would be a nice way to promote beekeeping if State Beekeeping
Associations sponsored colonies in public places.

Thanks, Robin. Good ideas.

May even get some teen converts. When I was in my early teens I did have
my first touch of beekeeping by observing a neighbor on a US Navy Base
who kept hives, and I always wanted to try it. (However it did not have
much behavioral effect at the time. Still a hooligan. Cultural thing. US
teens are not as well behaved as British soccer fans :) )

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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