Kansas City Buzz On Bee KC

An important peek at how locals are working to maintain our cowtown ecosystem . . . 

Bee KC has installed and maintained about 150 honey bee hives in the greater metro area, as well as native bee homes at all the sites. The beehives are scattered everywhere from restaurant rooftops and urban farms to KU’s Medical Center botanical gardens and vacant lots. But Bee KC is doing more than just maintaining bees. Friesen and his board members are out in the community teaching people about the importance of bees in the ecosystem through workshops and classroom visits.

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Bee hives are scattered throughout the urban core and metro via innovative beekeeping groups

"Most people don't find themselves in a cloud of bees," says Friesen, the founder of Bee KC, a nonprofit urban beekeeping organization.