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Education (both research and hands on) and getting all necessary beekeeping gear (including a suit and a well stocked first aid kit/EpiPen) are the first steps to becoming a responsible urban beekeeper. We all need to do our part to keep the beekeeping community in the best of standing with our neighbors and the city!
Here is a list of recommendations we put together before thinking of getting your own bees:
http://honeylove.org/organic-beekeeping-kit/
We also encourage you to join us each month at the HoneyLove Sanctuary to learn hands on how to handle bees BEFORE getting them in your own backyard: http://www.meetup.com/HoneyLove/events/187206002/
Please help us to make LA a safe and responsible place for urban beekeeping to thrive!
Love it! Posting to facebook now =)
TOTAL TIME: 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at cool room temperature
2 1/2 tablespoons honey, preferably raw wildflower
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt, such as Hawaiian red alaea or MaldonPREPARATION:
Using a mixer (either hand or standing), whip butter and honey together until smooth and fluffy. Fold salt in gently with a rubber spatula. Serve soft or at room temperature, with a few extra grains of salt on top.YIELD: 2/3 cup
For those interested in creating similar legalization efforts in their own cities, (or looking for more information on our legalization work here in Los Angeles)… please see our Legalization Packet below (also available on our resources page):
DROPBOX FOLDER: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8m9gi9846mf31fa/FxEDgk95LM
As common little beekeepers, it is not in our power to write laws unfortunately =) but if you take a look through the packet above you will find a copy of our “feasibility study” conducted through the Mar Vista Community Council. Inside this study is a matrix of cities from around the United States who do allow beekeeping and the rules and regulations they adopted. This document has proven to be a great starting point for many cities around country who have already used our efforts here in Los Angeles to help change laws in their cities!
Interested in helping with the legalization process here in Los Angeles? Join us! We’d LOVELOVELOVE for your help! Or you can also send a letter directly to the LA Planning Department with your opinions, learn more here: http://www.honeylove.org/legalize
YAY BEES!
Thank you to everyone who came out in support yesterday! Special thanks to Maritza Przekop, Martin Schlageter, Andy Shrader, Kirk Anderson, Ceebs Bailey and all the amazing HoneyLovers and Neighborhood Councilmembers and community stakeholders who have helped us to get to where we are today!!
Here is a quick summary of the day:
Before the council meeting we had a press conference on the steps of LA City Hall with some great speakers/guests including:
LA City Councilmembers Paul Koretz (CD5), Mike Bonin (CD11), Jose Huizar (CD14) and Mitch O’Farrell (CD13)
Sharon Commins, President, Mar Vista Community Council
David King, Founding Chair, Seed Library of Los Angeles
Amadeo Delgado, Owner, Canaan Honey
oh yes.. and us… Rob and Chelsea McFarland, HoneyLove.orgAfter the press conference, we went inside and the meeting began. Council was very nice to us and grouped all 3 of our motions together… and it came out unanimous 15-0 for all three motions!
Next step, the motions go to Planning Department for “study” which will take a few months, then it will return to council for another vote.
And…. oh yes… there was SO MUCH PRESS COVERAGE!!
There are more articles out there… but you get the idea =) YAY BEES!!!
Become a member of HoneyLove and learn to be an urban beekeeper!
Plant an organic garden without the pesticides that harm honeybees!
Provide a water source on your property – bees love clean water to drink!