Acting on a tip from The Dragon, Kate and I have checked up on BK#3
only to find it stark raving GONE. Not wishing the same fate upon #2
(a much harder stamp to replicate), we made the decision to pull it
from Cantigny Park altogether. We are currently searching for new
l.b. homes as we re-carve #3.
Which brings me to this question: Does anyone know of any parks in
Chicagoland that are host to beehives and/or lots of flowers?? We'd
like to put our bees in as natural a habitat as possible!
Cheers,
Melinda (of Melinda & Kate)
IL: Bees' Knees #2 and #3 Out of Commission
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Started on 2003-10-23
IL: Bees' Knees #2 and #3 Out of Commission
From: moonsunmagik (moonsunmagik@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-10-23 22:50:47 UTC
Re: IL: Bees' Knees #2 and #3 Out of Commission
From: drlith (drlith@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-10-24 17:57:59 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "moonsunmagik"
wrote:
> Which brings me to this question: Does anyone know of any parks in
> Chicagoland that are host to beehives and/or lots of flowers??
We'd
> like to put our bees in as natural a habitat as possible!
>
> Cheers,
> Melinda (of Melinda & Kate)
The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe has a beehive exhibit in the
fruit and vegetable garden area. That's a pretty high traffic area,
but you might be able to write up clues that would direct people
first to the bee exhibit, and then lead them on a tour through the
gardens out to a less-central spot (like along the river). If you
decide to check out this possibility, I'd definitely clear it with
staff--among other things, I'd imagine even the more "natural" areas
of the gardens receive more attention and grooming/maintenance than
your typical semi-feral state park, for example. Another possibility
would be to plant the box itself a little further south in the
Skokie Lagoons area, which is accessible by the North Branch bicycle
path, which runs all the way south to the city, for avid
hiker/biker/boxers.
La Chola, who was briefly a north-Chicagoan
> Which brings me to this question: Does anyone know of any parks in
> Chicagoland that are host to beehives and/or lots of flowers??
We'd
> like to put our bees in as natural a habitat as possible!
>
> Cheers,
> Melinda (of Melinda & Kate)
The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe has a beehive exhibit in the
fruit and vegetable garden area. That's a pretty high traffic area,
but you might be able to write up clues that would direct people
first to the bee exhibit, and then lead them on a tour through the
gardens out to a less-central spot (like along the river). If you
decide to check out this possibility, I'd definitely clear it with
staff--among other things, I'd imagine even the more "natural" areas
of the gardens receive more attention and grooming/maintenance than
your typical semi-feral state park, for example. Another possibility
would be to plant the box itself a little further south in the
Skokie Lagoons area, which is accessible by the North Branch bicycle
path, which runs all the way south to the city, for avid
hiker/biker/boxers.
La Chola, who was briefly a north-Chicagoan