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Hum of Half-Million Bees to Fill Sea-Tac Scrublands

Michael van Baker — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:26:42 +0000

Sea-Tac airport is surrounded by acres and acres of "buffer" habitat -- when the Port added a third runway, they also planted 158,000 native plants as part of an environmental remediation effort. No one lives, or is allowed to hang out, there for safety reasons. So that's where six honeybee hives will sit at three different sites.

Snoqualmie Valley Bears Stick Noses into Ballard Bee Company Honey

Michael van Baker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:21:58 +0000

Luster is not too worked up over the bears sourcing their honey locally: "We had early Trick or Treaters at the farm today," he wrote on Facebook. "Bears-2 Ballard Bee-0. Sneaky devils."

Ballard Beekeeper in Running for AMD Visionary of the Year Award

Michael van Baker — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:58:00 +0000

(H/t MyBallard) “With an army of bees and a determination to increase pollination in Seattle, Corky Luster is helping to stave off the drop in the honeybee population. What Luster didn’t count on: that customers would go crazy over his honey.” That’s the lead-in for Corky Luster’s entry in the AMD Visionary of the Year … Continue reading →