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Chicago Backyard Beekeeping Class April 23rd

Chicago Backyard Beekeeping Class April 23rd
On Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 the Washington Park Conservancy is hosting a beekeeping class for beginners in Chicago from 10am-Noon at the Washington Park Field House. Learn about backyard beekeeping from Michael Thompson from the Chicago Honey Co-op. This is a great opportunity to learn about beekeeping in Chicago from someone who has over 35 years of... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
April 21, 2011 at 5:45 pm
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Chicago Beekeeping Class January 2011

Chicago Beekeeping Class January 2011
The Chicago Honey Co-op is conducting beekeeping class this January at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum dining room. If you’re interested in urban beekeeping in Chicago this is the class you want to take. The class runs from 10am-3pm. For more information visit... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
December 14, 2010 at 11:40 am
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Christmas Gifts for Current and Former Chicago Gardeners

Christmas Gifts for Current and Former Chicago Gardeners
Co-op Hot Sauce With Christmas around the corner you’ll soon be scrambling to find the perfect gift for the gardener on your list. This holiday season consider giving a gift that not only your gardening friend or family member will enjoy, but one that will make a difference in the lives of your fellow Chicagoans... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
December 3, 2010 at 10:53 am
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Urban Beekeeping Class This Saturday

Urban Beekeeping Class This Saturday
Does watching the bees buzz around your garden have you interested in keeping honeybees in Chicago? There’s a “Green Tech U” urban beekeeping course at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, this Saturday (October 23) from 10AM-1PM. This seminar on keeping bees in Chicago will cover the basics of how-to beekeeping, hands-on demonstrations of equipment... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
October 22, 2010 at 3:05 am
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Bee Balm Wins 2010 One Seed Chicago

Last weekend at the Green & Growing Fair Bee Balm was unveiled as the winner of 2010 One Seed Chicago. Chicagoans all across our City voted for their favorite and Bee Balm came out on top.  This year One Seed Chicago will distribute over a million seeds to the gardeners who voted and those who didn’t get... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
April 30, 2010 at 1:40 pm
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Urban Beekeeping Class this January

The Chicago Honey Co-op will be holding their winter urban beekeeping class this January 23, 2010 at the Jane Adams Hull House Museum. The Jane Adams Hull-House Museum is located at 800 South Halsted Street. Steps from the Blue/Pink line stop and the Halsted bus. Beekeeping enthusiasts will learn the basics of beekeeping including; package... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
December 14, 2009 at 7:19 pm
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TomatoFest Potluck Supper 2009

Yesterday’s potluck supper at the Chicago Honey Co-op for Chicago TomatoFest 2009 acted as the closing ceremony for tomato festival. I got an early start on the festivities when I visited the vegetable garden at the Cook County Jail. While photographing the vegetable garden I couldn’t keep myself from eating the cherry tomatoes. My cherry... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
September 11, 2009 at 5:53 pm
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What good are wasps in the Garden?

Today, a local gardener asked me on Twitter: “and really what good are wasps?“ If I had been asked that question a few years ago I wouldn’t have been able to come up with anything positive to say about the wasp. I was stung by one once as a kid and it took one bad... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
August 12, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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Flies That Look Like Bees at Chicago Garden

On the heels of the urban bees in my garden post, I thought I’d share some pictures of flies that look like bees. The fly in the photo above is a syrphid fly. These flies are also known as hover flies, flower flies and bee flies. Here are couple of photos of these bee flies... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
August 7, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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Urban Bees at Chicago Garden

Since attending the urban beekeeping lecture I’ve been paying more attention to the bees in my garden. I’ve noticed there have been less honeybees in my garden this year. Maybe there is something to the whole CCD thing. But the news hasn’t been all bad. With honeybees, for the most part, absent from the garden... Read more »
By MrBrownThumb,
August 7, 2009 at 3:05 pm
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