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Before we know it, winter will be over, bees will waken and the natural cycle of pollination and fruition will begin again. With change in the air, people are receptive to new ideas, especially those that favor the environment. Here are five, fun, low-cost ways that bees will connect your…
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Thank you again for your support of bees—together we’ve been able to accomplish so much! We’d like to finish the year with some good news about what we’ve done in 2019 and share some of our plans for 2020. (Most of) The Best Bees Boston Team Accomplishments in 2019 In…
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Looking for the perfect gift that’s also friendly to mother nature? We’ve highlighted our top five favorite sustainable gifts to give to the ones you love! Beeswax Food Wrap Beeswax food wrap is a natural (and beautiful) alternative to plastic wax. It’s reusable, breathable, and easy to work with. Made…
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Beacon Capital Partners, a major player in the commercial real estate market, knows that their tenants prefer to work at properties focused on sustainability. That’s why they’ve made sustainability a cornerstone of their investment philosophy. In 2014 we approached Beacon with a novel way to bring their important but often…
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Keeping bees and harvesting honey can have a significant impact on your company’s sustainability profile. Here are seven proven ways a little gold will give your brand a decidedly green color: Beekeeper, Nico holding up a full frame of honey from in Downtown Boston Good citizenship. An individual honey bee…
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Apitherapy Versus Beekeeping Therapy A small, niche type of therapy exists in the world – beekeeping therapy! This is not to be confused with apitherapy, which is the use of bee byproducts such as venom, honey, wax, propolis, and royal jelly as medicinal products. Instead, beekeeping therapies are centered around…
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Christy Erickson, guest blogger, is the creator of SavingOurBees.org. Most gardeners start to rein in their outdoor activities after Labor Day. But honeybees and other pollinating insects stay busy well into the fall and even early winter. You can help them out by using the tips you’ll find in this post.…
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“Before our eyes, the world is undergoing a massive demographic transformation. Soon, the workforce will include people from as many as five generations ranging in age from teenagers to 80-somethings.” –Harvard Business Review In 2017, we asked ourselves: “How could The Global Good Fund support, help, and enable professionals over age 50…
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The Global Good Fund supports entrepreneurs who are dedicated to making a social impact. What sets GGF apart from traditional grants is that funding goes to support working together with a leadership development coach and an executive mentor, for a period of one year. Earlier this month, with the support…
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#NextGenBeekeeper is a series of profiles and features on the lives of the next generation of beekeepers emerging in the field. Keep an eye out on our social media for the #NextGenBeekeeper tag.
