Beekeeping in Detroit, baby!

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…purchases vacant properties and remodels them into fully functioning bee farms. “These properties are left abandoned and serve as a dumping ground in most cases,” Paule told HuffPost. “The area can be a breeding ground for environmental hazards, which creates a stigma around the city.”

The duo bought their first vacant space on Detroit’s East Side for $340 with the help of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, an agency that works to redevelop abandoned properties. “The land bank offers a community partnership program for nonprofits and faith-based organizations to purchase structures or vacant land from the land bank to put back to productive use,”…

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Click here to read the full article “Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots Into Bee Farms” by Philip Lewis for Huffington Post.