The GO GREEN Needham Expo on Saturday, November 10 from 10am to 4pm at Needham Town is meant to help our community take a fresh look at our current practices and help identify concrete steps we can take toward sustainability. To see a full list of participants, click here. Hope to see you there!
Globally there are more honey bees than other types of bee and pollinating insects, so it is the world’s most important pollinator of food crops. It is estimated that one third of the food that we consume each day relies on pollination mainly by bees.
But, honey bees are dying off at an alarming rate. There is no single cause, according to most scientists who have studied the problem, but rather a combination of factors that include parasites, pathogens, pesticides, poor nutrition, and habitat loss.
You can help the honey bees by contracting with a reliable bee company like the Boston Bee Company to host bee hives in your own backyard.
Boston Bee Company is run by Courtney and Mark, two people who love bees and love making and sharing things. Courtney is a Partner and President of Social Media at Boston Bee Company and the main product designer. Somehow she still manages to go to school full-time and work a full-time job as a CNA while studying to become a nurse. Mark is the head beekeeper who handles most of the company’s speaking engagements and presentations. He also gets stung by bees … a lot.
Services
Boston Bee Company offers two managed hive services:
Purchase a beehive from Boston Bee Company.
- After your contract you own the hive.
- Boston Bee Company still does all the maintenance.
- It also extracts, bottles and delivers the honey to your door.
Borrow a hive from Boston Bee Company.
- Help save the bees by hosting a healthy bee colony.
- There are no big upfront costs.
- Boston Bee Company still extracts, bottles and delivers the honey to your door.
Products
Boston Bee Company also sells a number of products for your home from its apiary, including jarred honey (three sizes available), lip balm, pure honey bee pollen, solid lotion bars, and bees wax bars.
Find out what the buzz is about and visit the Boston Bee Company at the GO GREEN Needham Expo.
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To learn more about the GO Green Needham Expo, visit www.greenneedham.org, or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/greenneedham/.
