{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Terry Oxford: Sustainable Urban Beekeeping ","description":"Terry Oxford is a beekeeper\u2026on the rooftops of downtown San Francisco. It\u2019s true! Urban areas can often be better habitat for bees than the countryside because of the parks and residents\u2019 gardens that tend to grow flowers during a wider season than happens in nature. But they have one big thing looming against them: the chemicals used in those parks and gardens put urban bees at more risk. Tune in to hear about: - The sophisticated way honeybees think about, and plan for, the future. (Hint: they\u2019re light years ahead of us!) - Gender roles in beehives, and how sustainable beekeeping supports BOTH the male and female bees. (Conventional beekeeping often cuts males out of the operation entirely). - How chemicals used in cities have created a world full of poisonous flowers. (Let that sink in for a minute.) - The most efficient way to create food for pollinators in a city. - The story of pollination\u2014magical AND sexy. - Why Terry is reducing her beekeeping practice while expanding it in other ways.   Listen at the link below, on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts. ","author_name":"Rootstock Radio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.organicvalley.coop\/blog\/","html":"