Skip to content

Home
About
Photo gallery
Calendar
Blog
Bee Blog
Friends of Q Gardens
Contact

Q Gardens

A budding community garden in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Tag: beekeeping

Beek Reads: Ethics of Insect Research

Posted on September 30, 2018March 29, 2019 by sbrunstad13

photo: barta iv “The use of power is a tremendous responsibility and must be done without arrogance and with a… Read more Beek Reads: Ethics of Insect Research

Beek Reads: Nobody Wants to be the Queen

Posted on June 20, 2018June 21, 2018 by sbrunstad13

“What role would you want in the hive?” we asked, the eight of us sitting in the circle of benches… Read more Beek Reads: Nobody Wants to be the Queen

Hours & Info

58 E 18th St, New York, 11226

For open hours, see our calendar at qgardens.org/calendar

Instagram

We are suspending our public food scrap collection temporarily. But we encourage you to enjoy time at the garden (3 people at a time at <6 feet>). This is also a time to think about using your scraps in new ways. Found a bulb (onion?) & ginger root while turning a bin this afternoon, both of which you can plant at home for a whole new plant! 🌱 🍄🌻

In times of uncertainty, nature becomes all the more therapeutic 🌿Props to all the community gardens figuring out creative ways to stay open in the age of #socialdistancing . Behind the QG stick pile, these #cleavers have made a nice home for themselves! Apparently they have all kinds of medicinal properties and are also a nutritious addition to garden pestos ❤️ #gardenlessons #galiumaparine #bedstraw #communitygardening #gardenmagic

Magical night extracting honey on a winter/summer coronavirus eve.... Thank you to neighbors and community for making it feel like it's all going to be ok. #lickinghoneyofftables #communitybeekeeping

Thanks to everyone who made it out yesterday -- a lot of #seedstarting knowledge was shared and everyone got their hands dirty! 🌱 Now onto taking care of our plant babies at home until they are ready for the outside world. #communitygardening #manyhandsmakelightwork

Join us on Sunday, March 1st 12pm – 2pm for a hands-on workshop on starting plants from seed. Bring experience to share or curiosity to learn – all are welcome! + In addition to starting seeds to be planted at Q Gardens in early spring, you’ll also have the opportunity to start seeds for @thirdrootnyc’s new Sowing Solidarity program 🌱 See you there!

What a day! Sadly, our two hives didn't make it past January so today was #hiveautopsy day. The first few pics are hive 2 and the last several are hive 3. Clusters looked small, only small patches of brood, there was a definite mite load, some bees had tongues sticking out (which could be a sign of pesticide exposure) but no sign of any of the nastier diseases. Plenty of honey was still in the hives... We are curious how other NYC beekeepers fared -- let us know! The last photo is of the amazing rack that @c.tsimbidis built so we can store frames with drawn comb without having to worry about evil #waxmoth infestation. We look forward to starting with new bees in May!! #onwards #qgardensbees #communitybeekeeping

Recent Posts

How We Used Community-Driven Design to Transform a Public Sidewalk
A Year in the Life of Q Gardens’ Bees
Q Gardens Awarded GreenThumb’s 2019 Sustainability Award
Join us for our fall fundraiser!
Beek Reads: Ethics of Insect Research

Search site:

Search for:

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Blog at WordPress.com.