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Legalize Urban Beekeeping!

LOS ANGELES UPDATE:
11 Community Councils have passed motions in favor of urban beekeeping!
Districts 4: Atwater Village, Greater Griffith Park, Hollywood United, Silver Lake
District 6: Lake Balboa
District 10: South Robertson
District 11: Mar Vista, Del Rey, West LA
District 12: Chatsworth
District 13: Atwater Village, Silver Lake
District 14: Boyle Heights
If you live/work in Los Angeles districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 15 - email us!

• CLICK HERE FOR OUR LOS ANGELES LEGALIZATION PACKET!
  
• Motion from Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl - NEW!!
• Download the full Mar Vista Feasibility Study here! (pdf)
• Mar Vista Council’s Letter of Support (pdf)
• Matrix of city ordinances for urban beekeeping
• Map of District Boundaries in Los Angeles (pdf) – lacity.org
• HoneyLove’s Council Meeting Speech (pdf)
• Presentation on “stings” by Pediatric Pulmonologist
• Los Angeles County Apiary Registration Form
  
• Just Food’s Beekeeping Fact Sheet for NYC
• Response by City of Seattle Dept of Planning & Development
• No Buzz Zones Map
• Feed The Bees – resources page
• HoneyLove swarm box plans

FEASIBILITY STUDY VIDEOS:
Pediatric Pulmonologist - Roberta Kato
County of Los Angeles Inspector - Ariel Verayo
“I support urban beekeeping!” - Farmer’s Market
National Honey Bee Awareness Day - Los Angeles 2011
Bill Rosendahl - City of Los Angeles Councilmember (District 11)

Groups & Organizations

• Backwards Beekeepers
• Backwards Beekeepers  Rescue Line: (213) 373-1104
• Backwards Beekeepers  (Information Group)
• Organic Beekeepers (Yahoo Group)
• Long Beach Local Beekeepers Club
• Beekeepers Association of Southern California
• Orange County Beekeepers Association
• Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association
• Mar Vista Community Council Green Committee
• The Learning Garden - School garden
• Seed Library of Los Angeles - Seed exchange
• EVOfarm - Urban Aquaponics

Additional Projects & Websites

• Bush Bees - Beekeeping Naturally
• Vanishing of the Bees - Documentary
• Queen of the Sun - Documentary
• Silence of the Bees – PBS Documentary - Watch online FREE!
• Beyond Pesticides – Protecting Health and the Environment
• Urban Bee Gardens - UC Berkeley bee garden website
• Help The Honey Bees - UC Davis + Häagen-Dazs
• Beekeeping Guide for all ages – Useful list of beekeeping links