I’m just going to say it: Los Angeles is abuzz over urban beekeeping. For years the city has had a thriving underground beekeeping culture, with hives kept in backyards by Los Angelenos who want their ...

The number of hives in cities keeps growing. In Paris, for example, the number of registered hives has jumped up by a factor of eight over the last decade. It’s billed as good for nature. But a recent ...

The rising popularity of urban beekeeping has raised concerns about honeybee well-being and the impact they might have on ...

Urban beekeeping is increasing fast, but too many honeybee hives can reduce food, spread disease, and harm wild bees.

Urban beekeepers harvesting honey from city rooftops and vacant lots are discovering something remarkable – their honey contains significantly higher levels of antimicrobial compounds than rural honey ...

Beekeeping is one of the most visible forms of urban agriculture. In New York City alone, there are an estimated several hundred beehives even though the city legalized beekeeping just seven years ago ...

With reports of declining insect populations worldwide, or what George Monbiot calls an “insectageddon,” there is growing concern about the health of pollinators. This in turn has led to increasing ...

How did Alvéole come about? About 10 years ago, a few friends and I asked companies in our hometown of Montreal if we could install hives on their roofs to produce honey. At one architecture firm, as ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- It’s no mistake, the Marriott Marquis in Downtown San Diego is playing host to bees on the roof, and it’s all for the benefit of local business. The hive highlights a growing trend ...

They are easy to miss. They're just a few simple wooden boxes perched on the rooftop of the Independence Blue Cross building at 19th and Market. But they're actually the newest homes to 30,000 ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nikos Chatzilias spends his days tending to buzzing bee colonies with a unique view out over the rooftops of Greece’s capital. He is among the dozens of Athenians who have ...