Our father, Don Headey, who has died aged 88, packed enough interests for 10 people into his life. Beekeeping, organic gardening, scouting, puppetry and pottery were a few of them, all underpinned by his strong Christian faith. The son of a Methodist minister, he was born in Chalford, Gloucestershire, and moved with his family to Stockton and Sunderland before spending his teenage years in Leith ...

Honey, Im home council OKs beekeeping

Two-car garage? Sonoma residents can now aspire to a two-hive backyard. The city council has decided to allow the keeping of bees within city limits. A typical single-family home may now maintain two beehives, and up to four hives will be allowed on larger parcels. The unanimous decision answers a public buzz to encourage the growth [...]

Farmers embrace healthy Bee campaign

An ongoing programme that highlights the importance of bees to agriculture and offers practical ways to encourage better bee health on New Zealand farms is proving highly popular.

A Conversation with Beekeeper Mary Woltz

When it comes to tending to hives, Quail Hill beekeeper Mary Woltz is the bees knees. Keeping close to 100 beehives on Marders property in Bridgehampton, Woltz works with her fuzzy yellow and black friends from sun up to sundown, and in the evening she jars the honey for her company Bees Needs. Woltz sat [...]

Raising crops, children in a city oasis

When Gerald Fitzgerald and his wife Marcia moved down the street from Maumelles Diamond Ball Complex in 1974, the ball fields werent there. Neither was nearby North Little Rocks softball park or much else in that part of town. The Jump Zone, the Country Club Parkway roundabout and even Country Club of Arkansas werent around.