BEES IN THE NEWS: BUZZ-WORTHY SPOTLIGHTS
Bees in the D is making headlines for our work turning Detroit into a thriving pollinator haven. From local media to national features, explore how our mission is inspiring change and creating a buzz in communities near and far.
Bees help bring in the harvest
METRO DETROIT — When Brian Peterson first planted a vegetable garden, he saw modest success.
“I got some cucumbers and zucchini and tomatoes,” Peterson said. “But once I got bees, it was unbelievable. I had to pawn off vegetables on the neighbors and make a bunch of pickles. “If a flower is not pollinated, it can’t produce fruit,” he said. “The flower will fall off and die. Before I had bees…
Beekeeping for Bee-giners
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Honeybees are critical to our food supply and ecosystem.
“Six years ago, I went to Beaver Island for a two-week crash course on beekeeping,” Brian Peterson, a Dinosaur Hills volunteer at Oakland Township’s Cranberry Lake Park, said July 20. “I became addicted to bees after one day.”
A DIFFERENT KIND OF HIGHWAY COMING TO THE MOTOR CITY
As Detroit enters a new renaissance, many entrepreneurs have taken advantage of this period of innovation. This includes Brian Peterson, a fifth grade teacher from Rochester and beekeeping enthusiast. He plans on starting one of the first bee highways in the U.S., a system of bee hives on rooftops of local businesses to help pollinate the plants of the “urban farming” movement and pr