Many hotels are becoming beekeepers and "have joined the urban bee-keeping trend, bringing their own honey direct to their tables." "A number of factors, including disease, pesticides and habitat degradation are attributed to diminishing bee numbers and the losses are significant." Bees immensely contribute to our environment and have an economic value of about $167 billion. I wrote a blog post on the declining bee population, I'll link it at the end of this post.
On the roof of the Waldorf Astoria in New York, about 360,000 bees produce over 300 pounds of honey annually. The hotel uses this honey in their hotel menu and in their hotel spa. Their garden also consists of fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables and edible flowers.
"With home-harvested honey, the hotel created Waldorf Buzz beer last year in partnership with the Empire brewing Company; a yet-unnamed new brew with lemon verbena and hops from the on-site garden is slated to be launched this fall."
In the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Paris, 50,000 bees live on their rooftop. "Paris has been a pesticide-free zone for the past 10 years, making the French capital an attractive urban environment for honey bees." The hotel offers their honey on the hotel menu. If guests partake in the hotel's eco-initiatives such as reusing towels, guests can receive a free jar of honey.
These are just two out of the five hotels that the CNN article Buzz Worthy: 5 Top Luxury Hotels That Have Taken Up Beekeeping mentioned. To read about the other three hotels click the link at the end of this blog post.
Bees Are Going Extinct Blog Post: http://ridewithmark.blogspot.com/2016/05/bees-are-going-extinct.html
CNN Article Buzz Worthy: 5 Top Luxury Hotels That Have Taken Up Beekeeping: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/02/travel/honey-bee-hotels/index.html
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