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Urban and Backyard Beekeepers
Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show #1362
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Michael Olson Food Chain Radio – Urban Backyard Beekeepers
How does one become an urban backyard beekeeper?
We all know how important honeybees are to the productivity of natural and man-made food chains.
And so, when we look about the garden and see fewer and fewer bees every year, we get to wondering what we will do for food should all the bees disappear.
Of course, there would still be some pollinators buzzing or crawling about, but would they be sufficient to feed all us very hungry people?
Having hosted a number of feature stories about bees on the Food Chain Radio Podcast, I have become attentive to their numbers as they buzz about the garden. And though I have not taken a formal census, I do believe there are fewer and fewer bees in the garden.
My wife and I recently decided there is one way to allay fears about bees disappearing, and that is to become metropolitan beekeepers. Today we take the first step in that direction by asking:
Take the 2X2 Pledge
“Together, we can eat our way to economic security and personal freedom, and it won’t cost a dime and it will be so easy it will make you blush!”
Michael Olson’s
Three Laws of the Food Chain
#1 Agriculture is the foundation upon which we build all our sand castles.
#2 The farther we go from the source of our food, the less control we have over what’s in that food.
#3 Cheap food isn’t! READ MORE
