Apiculture/Beekeeping

Raíces Cultural Center has teamed up with TaínaSoy Apiario Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Conservancy to provide fiscal sponsorship for the awarding of a Bee Cause Foundation grant which will help launch an educational program in Aguada, Puerto Rico to Save the PR Bee.

Save the PR Bee: Raíces Awarded Bee Cause Foundation Grant ...

December 20, 2018 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / PR Relief / Puerto Rico / Raíces Cultural Center Updates tagged Aguada / apiculture / beekeeping / education / honeybee / pollinators / Puerto Rico / raices apiculture initiative / Raíces Cultural Center / Save the PR Bee / Taínasoy Apiario / TaínaSoy Apiario Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Conservancy / The Bee Cause Foundation by Nicole Wines

by Francisco G. Gómez As I said in part 1 of this piece, when I arrived at Taínasoy Apiario, there was lots of land preparation going on and construction of several projects were to begin in February of 2018. Noemi told me that there was a crew of 29 volunteers […]

Taínasoy Apiario an Eco-Project in the Works – Part 2

February 4, 2018 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Arts & Culture / Community & Collaboration / Cultural Traditions / Eco-Culture / Puerto Rico / Sustainable Disaster Relief tagged Aguada / Earthship Biotexture / Earthship Building / ecology / Hurricane María / Mario Antones / Noemi Chaparro / Puerto Rico / Renewability / sustainable living / Taínasoy Apiario by Francisco G Gómez

by Francisco G. Gómez Heading south on highway #2, you just pass the border of Aguadilla and you’ re in Aguada. You best be looking at the kilometer markers to your right as you quickly go along or you’ll miss marker km137, the entrance that takes you to Taínasoy Apiario. […]

Taínasoy Apiario an Eco-Project in the Works – Part 1

February 1, 2018 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Community & Collaboration / Cultural Traditions / Eco-Culture / Puerto Rico / Raíces Cultural Exchange / Sustainable Disaster Relief tagged African Killer bee / Aguada / apiary / apis mellifera / Barrio Naranjo / bees / climate change / Departamento de Agricultura - Puerto Rico / honey bees / Hurricane María / Italian bee / Pachamama / Puerto Rico / Taínasoy Apiario / Verroa Destructor Mite / Wax Worm by Francisco G Gómez

Check out the photo gallery from the first program in Raíces EcoCulture's Sustainable Living Workshop Series - Intro to Beekeeping and Apiculture with Javier Robles

Photo Gallery: Intro to Beekeeping & Apiculture Workshop

May 12, 2017 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Community & Collaboration / Eco-Culture / Raíces Cultural Center Programs tagged apiculture / bee box / beekeeper / beekeeping / bees / eco culture / help the bees / honeybees / Javier Robles / raices apiculture initiative / Raíces Cultural Center / Raíces Digital Archive / Raíces EcoCulture / save the bees / sustainable / Sustainable Highland Park / sustainable living / Sustainable Living Workshop Series / urban beekeeping by Nicole Wines

by Nicole Wines Honeybees and other pollinators need our help. We humans have moved (forced) honeybee and pollinator species around and between continents, contaminated their food sources, and been a huge cause of stress on their health and environment. Raíces EcoCulture started its Apiculture Initiative in the spring of 2014 […]

D.I.Y. Fridays – 10 Ways You Can Help the Bees ...

March 20, 2015 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / DIY Fridays tagged apiculture / bee house / beekeeper / beekeeping / bees / colony collapse syndrome / D.I.Y. Fridays / diy / do it yourself / Eco-Culture / EcoCulture / ecology / farming / flowers / flowers for pollenators / flowers for the bees / gardening / going green / help the bees / herbs / homesteading / honey / honeybees / living naturally / local farming / local food / local honey / native pollinators / natural living / Nature / no gmo / organic food / Pachamama / pollinator / pollinator garden / pollinator hotel / pollinators / raw honey / save the bees / sustainability by Nicole Wines

by Francisco G. Gómez We headed down Hamilton Street in New Brunswick towards Amwell Road to Flemington. The ride is about 40 minutes of beautiful country side once you get out of Brunswick. S&F Honey Farm is located on the border of Hillsborough and Flemington; it sits in a forest […]

Our Trip to S&F Honey Farm Revisited

September 23, 2014 in Apiculture/Beekeeping tagged api / apiarist / bee box / bee hive / bee keeping / bees / carniolan / central jersey bee keepers association / colony collapse disorder / gmo / honey / honey comb / langstroth bee box / new jersey bee keepers association / nuc / nucleus hive / pakage of bees / s&f honey farm / stan wasitowski / swarm / swarming by Francisco G Gómez

Hey there Api-enthusiasts, Some of you have already gotten the heads up on Raíces’ upcoming visit in August to the S&F Honey Farm in Flemington N.J.. For those of you who haven’t heard and want to get on board for this field trip, contact me at fuyo@raicesculturalcenter.org or call 908.227.5671 […]

Upcoming visit to S&F Honey Farm

July 8, 2014 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Eco-Culture tagged apiary / apiculture / bee farm / beekeeping / bees / honeybees / pollinators / stan wasitowski by Francisco G Gómez

by Francisco G. Gómez Another incredible act of Nature occurred yesterday as we were landscaping at a friend’s home. We arrived around 8:30 in the morning and began to weed, whack and plant flowers. About an hour later, as I was tossing some cuttings into the compost, I heard a […]

Swarming Bees…Amazing!

June 17, 2014 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Eco-Culture tagged api / bees / bees swarming / hive split / Pachamama / swarm by Francisco G Gómez

by Francisco G. Gómez So it’s been a month since we set up our new beehive; what a rush getting those incredible little creatures settled into their new home. It was thrilling to say the least and truly one of the most exciting things I have ever experienced. We […]

Raices’ Bees – One Month Old and Going Strong!

June 11, 2014 in Apiculture/Beekeeping / Eco-Culture tagged apiculture / apis / apis mellifera / beekeeping / butterflies / butterfly garden / deep ecology / ecocentric / gaia / honeybees / langstroth bee hive construction / organic gardening / permaculture / pollinators / Raíces EcoCulture / save the bees / sustainability / sustainable / transformation / transistion by Francisco G Gómez

by Francisco G. Gómez Will Hunting once said, “…you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin’ education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library!” Words of wisdom, in deed. Of course there aren’t many geniuses like Will in the world today, but […]

Learn how to build your own Beehive, but some things ...

March 27, 2014 in Apiculture/Beekeeping tagged apiculture / bee keeping / bee navigation / bee pollinators / bees / CCD / collony collapse disorder / langstroth bee hive construction / pollinators by Francisco G Gómez