Check out this cool infographic from We Love DC and get scoop on our rooftop apiary, Founding Farmers’ shared urban beekeeping project with George Washington University. Can’t get enough of the buzz? Watch the live bee cam and follow the bees at @FFbees on Twitter!
Hunting for @FFBees with little dots on their back to photograph for our Spot The FFBees contest can be thirst-inducing work. Revive yourself at either Founding Farmers location through May 18 — the contest’s final day — with this honey-inspired libation by Chief Mixologist Jon Arroyo.
Today, Founding Farmers and George Washington University marked the start of the second year for @FFBees — literally. Professor Hartmut Doebel, who oversees the apiary we share with GW, and his assistants have marked a new batch of honeybees with small, colorful dots so that the bees can be tracked. You can read the full press release about the apiary, and the Founding Farmers/GW partnership, here. And watch for upcoming news about @FFBees.
In the meantime, today’s event marks the start of a new Founding Farmers contest:
Spot The FFBees!
Now through May 18, be on the lookout for bees with colorful dots on their backs. If you find one, get a picture of it and send the photo to @FFBees (and be sure to copy our Twitter account as well: @foundingfarmers) or to the Founding Farmers’ Facebook page. Every person who sends us an image receives a $10 Founding Farmers gift card, good at either location. And everyone who has sent a picture will be entered into a drawing for the grand prize: a $500 gift card!
WTOP’s Brennan Haselton visited GWU’s Lisner Hall to learn more about @FFBees, our apiary project with George Washington University. Click below to listen to his report.
Washington Post blog Campus Overload took notice of our six-hive apiary, a new partnership with George Washington University to bring locally-sourced honey to Founding Farmers. Expect to hear more about the apiary this summer, and follow the project on Twitter: @FFbees.
