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CITY BEES
TALES OF AN URBAN BEEKEEPER interview with book author ERIKA MAYR texts by LAURA GLABBATZ
Our questions about the trend of urban beekeeping were answered by Erika Mayr (»Stadt bienen«). Furthermore, you can find more bee initiatives and start-ups on the following pages!
How did you become interested in honey bees? Actually, the bees came to me. A friend happened to ask me one day what I thought of bees. We were looking for an idea for our contribution to a competition which was held as part of the Shrinking Cities study. The project researched the demographic and economic effects of deindustrialization, suburbanization and post-socialism in four conurbations (Detroit, Ivanovo, Manchester/Liverpool, Halle/Leipzig). »BEES – Urban Beekeeping in Detroit«
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