How Honey Bees Can Sweeten A Golf Course

Описание: Almost every morning, as the sun is rising over Goat Hill Park, Parker Anderson wanders down to the hillside above the 12th fairway and sit on a wooden bench to take in the view. The golf course is peaceful and still, but the air is alive. Just below the bench is the apiary where Goat Hill’s bees live. There are eight colonies; a small colony has 20,000 bees, and the population of a big one can run into six figures, so roughly half a million bees now call Goat Hill home.

Bees are an incredible model of community, each bee working selflessly for the greater good. It is an analogy that fits well with the golfing community that has grown up around this beloved municipal course. The bee boxes are a good aiming point on the dogleg 12th hole, giving the bees a visible connection to the course itself.

It is significant that bees and golfers coexist so seamlessly at Goat Hill. Based on golf’s sometimes questionable environmental history, it’s hard to imagine the game can be a mechanism that will help address the ecological crises we face today. That is precisely the vision and purpose of Greener Golf. The value that golf courses can provide to their communities and ecosystems is boundless. Reconnecting with nature through golf provides the framework for how we can reconnect with nature as a society. Valuable concepts and activities such as reciprocity with nature, activity-based community education, partnerships with ecosystems and providing enjoyment through environmental stewardship are all tenants of the Greener Golf model, which strives to take us far beyond sustainability.

Learn more about Greener Golf at http://www.greener.golf

Use promo FIREPIT25 at Linksoul.com for 25% off your next Linksoul order.

Got a story we should track down? Reach out to me!
TWITTER:   / firepitstories  
INSTAGRAM:   / firepitcollective  
PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
THE FIRE PIT SHOP : https://firepitcollective.com/shop

MB01FIUUTDRMC9X