For some reason I neglected to publish last Saturday’s gaggle o’ links. Here is a belated version:
Build Your Own Mason Bee House http://boingboing.net/2014/05/16/build-your-own-mason-bee-house.html …
Swiss Restaurant Imposes Fine on Customers Wasting Food http://www.ibtimes.co.in/swiss-restaurant-imposes-fine-customers-wasting-food-600131 … via @ibtimesindia1 #foodcrisis
Hawks and Rats in NYC, on camera: http://www.theawl.com/2014/05/where-do-rats-go-when-they-die …
Boxwoods? Bah! by James Roush http://feedly.com/e/KZ4uAoLm
Bikesnob on robot cars: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2014/05/its-end-of-world-as-we-know-it-and-i.html …
Urban Beekeeping in San Francisco: http://wp.me/p4fosC-dQ
Silent Watcher http://www.recyclart.org/2014/05/silent-watcher/ …
For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple
I like the idea of urban beekeeping. I say that with equally full appreciation for mason bee husbandry as well as the practice of providing inviting homes for bumble bees in a less than hospitable place for said round and furry benefactors. I’ve harvested my share of wild raspberries, mulberries, and apricots which I assume are the products of our lovely pollinators. Living near a park with a few acres of unkempt forest, I’ve been tempted to do a bit of guerrilla forest gardening by raising onions and sweet potatoes. Perhaps there’s also an indispensable place for guerrilla beekeeping in our 21st century bohemian homemaking paradigm?
Thanks for sharing. I always look forward to my Saturday morning coffee with duck eggs and Saturday Linkages. 🙂
None of the mason bee homes that I can find for sale have the hardware cloth to protect the tubes. How important is this feature? I’d like to buy one already made.