Beekeeping for Hotels
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. Founder, The Best Bees Company
www.time.com photograph by Hannah Whitaker
Photo by Sophia Duplin
Some Boston Hotels with Beehives
• Active – Active beekeeping programs: – Fairmont Copley Plaza – Taj Boston Hotel – InterContinental Boston – The Liberty – Sheraton Boston – The Charles Hotel (Cambridge)
• Inactive – Fairmont Battery Wharf – Four Seasons Boston
Some Boston Restaurants & Markets with Beehives
• The Gallows • The Beehive • Beat Hôtel (Cambridge) • American Provisions • Formaggio
Case study: Hyperpolyandry
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Honey: Different forms
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Comb honey
Honeylocator.com
Cut comb honey
Bwtri.com
Liquid honey
Kaboodle.com
Naturally crystallized honey
Healingfeast.com Whipped (or cremed) honey
Graphics by Whole Foods
Graphics by Whole Foods
100 Years From Today?
http://insideclimatenews.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/home_page_slideshow/NYC-From-Above.jpg http://www.worldchanging.com/green%20roofs.jpg
Urban Agriculture
http://garden-pots.designofgarden.com/urban-garden/ http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/some-aims-for-shaping-a-useable-future/
www.tonitoni.org/images/whbees1.jpg
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Boston
1. Museum of Science
2. Prudential Center
3. Atlantic Wharf
4. Harvard Business School
New York City
1. Waldorf Astoria Hotel
2. Whitney Museum of Art
3. One Bryant Park
4. Natural Resource Defense Council
5. Intercontinental Hotel Times Square
Washington, D.C.
1. The White House
2. NPR
3. National Geographic
4. Fairmont Washington, DC
San Francisco
1. 888 Brannan (AirBNB)
2. The Fairmont San Francisco
3. San Francisco Chronicle rooftop
4. Bi-Rite Market
Denver
1. The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa
2. Warwick Hotel
3. Colorado Convention Center
Chicago
1. City Hall
2. Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery
3. Palmer House Hilton
4. Artisan Table at Chicago Marriot Naperville
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2639446/Guests-swarm-bee-hotel-London-offering-day-trips-Buckingham-Palace-humans-stay-too.html
Insect Hotels
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Pollination
http://tbc.school.nz/elearning/localsites/science/subjects/gen_sci/form_4/bees/resources/Unit_Resources/flower_diagram.gif
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Pollination
http://tbc.school.nz/elearning/localsites/science/subjects/gen_sci/form_4/bees/resources/Unit_Resources/flower_diagram.gif
Paris
No Bees = No Fruits, Veggies
The Future: Sustainable, Local Food
The Future: Food!
The Future: Green Hotels!