Best Bees

BXP has partnered with Best Bees, a Boston-based full-service beekeeping operation to install hives on a rooftop location at 100 Federal Street.

 

Preservation of honeybees is tremendously important to the natural environment and the economy. Bees pollinate more than 100 fruit and vegetable crops that contribute more than $15 billion annually to the economy of the United States. 

 

Urban apiculture is especially important in the fight to save the honeybee because bees in cities have a higher overwinter survival rate and as a result can produce more honey than their suburban or rural counterparts. This is due to the urban heat island effect and the comparatively low rate of pesticide use in urban ecosystems.

 

Bees also play an important health role for city dwellers. They support food sovereignty by facilitating the pollination of urban agriculture and help to improve access to nutritious local food in areas that are often inhabited by low-income or at-risk communities. Eating local honey has an added benefit for allergy sufferers. Small amounts of pollen ingested from local honey can reduce irritation during allergy season. 

 

The sweetest benefit of all is homemade organic honey. In partnership with Best Bees, BXP is producing over 100 liquid pounds per year from our four Boston apiaries combined.