NYC Beekeeping Groups

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Beekeeping also known as Apiculture is the practice of keeping and caring of bees for commercial use mostly. Some familiar groups in NYC Beekeeping are:

NYC Beekeeping Association

NYC beekeeping meetups have been in existence for years now, where aspiring NYC beekeepers meet to discuss the arts and tricks to enhance their tricky hobby. Their topics are mainly on NYC beekeeping like urban beekeeping, organic beekeeping, keeping your NYC bees healthy, community beekeeping and other related topics.  The NYC Beekeeping Association is one of these meetup groups.

Unfortunately this group has been fighting with NYC Beekeeping Association for a decade now, which has divided the NYC beekeepers community. According to The New York Post, “Tension between the NYC Beekeepers Association and the NYC Beekeeping Association has been building for years, sources said, but NYCBA really bugged out when NYC Beekeeping referred to itself as “The NYC Beekeeping Association” while promoting an educational course earlier this year.”
This is a sizeable NYC beekeepers meetup in New York with newbies waiting to explore the word of bees, to teach and also learn all the necessary trick to successfully manage a bee swarm.

NYC Beekeepers Association

This is a group of bee lovers, enthusiasts, and honey lovers who had come together since 2006, to work and pollinate the city of New York. They are the New York Beekeepers Association, a swarm for the Urban Beekeepers in Gotham.

The organizer, Andrew Cote, is part of a recent documentary, The Beekeeper. It has unfortunately received many negative reviews such as, “[he] sets a terrible example for beekeepers”.  Regardless, The Beekeeper is very interesting and worth a watch!

The mission of NYCBA (New York City Beekeepers Association) is to provide help to its member in beekeeping by providing a medium for sharing their mutual interest in beekeeping. Also to educate and promote the benefits of beekeeping to the world, in a friendly and fun environment.

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Brooklyn Grange

Started in 2010 by Anastasia Plakias. Brooklyn Grange is a New York rooftop farm growing high-quality vegetables and honeybees for local restaurant and community supported agriculture with the farm spreading over 2.5 acres. The farm covers two rooftops, one on a 43,000 sq.ft building sitting between Astoria and Long Island City, and the other one sitting on top of Brooklyn Navy Yard (world’s largest rooftop farms). They’ve sold over 500,000 lbs of vegetables to restaurants and participate in New York City Honey Week.

Borough Bees

It was created 2010 is managed by Tim O’Neal as the way to share the knowledge and experience which he has gained over the last 20 years. His goal is to make beekeeping more fun and accessible by almost anyone willing to learn.

Borough Bees was in partnership with Brooklyn and Added Value farm in Red Hook to organize regular public hive inspection and seminar for young entrepreneurs. They love sharing our bees with people, and they offer sliding scale rates to ensure that everyone can afford to meet the bees!