Develop incentives to restore the bee populations
[Submitted via email by Patrice Allen]
Develop incentives to restore the bee populations, not only for their products but for cross-pollination in ALL green spaces.
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Hobby bee keeping guidelines under review and there are beehives on top of City Hall. For details on the City of Vancouver bee keeping initiatives, please visit: http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/projects/beekeeping.htm
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Local Food Working Group commented
@PA and SF - re allowing urban beekeeping. Good idea! A few years ago we created a series of Guidelines for Hobby Beekeeping which you can find on our Food Policy webpages:
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/projects/beekeeping.htm
they're at the point where we'll need to update them in the next little while - so stay tuned for that.
We also put a series of beehives on the roof of City Hall a few months ago and would love to see more folks get involved with bee-keeping. Are there any resources that you think would be helpful here?
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Steven Forth commented
Great idea, pollinators are a keystone function in our ecosystem and we should be very concerned about their health and creating spaces where they can thrive. Perhaps we should even allow urban bee keeping! I am out of votes at the moment but plan to reallocate some votes soon!)