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<h1><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
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<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>San
Francisco restaurant scene buzzing over rooftop beehives<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h3 property=dc.creator><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>By Associated Press, <span
class=timestampupdatedprocessed><span epochtime=1311796283000 datetitle=published
pagetype=leaf contenttype=article>Published: July 27</span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A good
restaurant is always a buzz of activity, but some chefs are taking the concept
literally, installing rooftop beehives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The idea
appears to be mainly to give the ailing bee population a boost, something that
became a concern with reports of colony collapse disorder a few years back.
Though having a ready supply of the sweet stuff for use in the restaurant below
is a good thing, too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“The
honey part of it is a bonus,” says Bill Clarke, owner of Mission Beach
Cafe, which has four hives on its roof.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At Zen
Compound, which is home to <st1:City w:st="on">Temple</st1:City> night club and
Ki restaurant in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>,
rooftop bees have been a fixture since 2009. Mike Zuckerman, director of
sustainability at Zen Compound, oversees the bees along with an apiarist. They
have two hives and harvest between 30 and 40 pounds of honey per season, which
is used to sweeten tea and as a garnish for cheese plates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Across
the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType>, there also are hives at Blue Bottle Coffee and
one was just installed at the Camino restaurant in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oakland</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“It’s
a fun project,” said Allison Hopelain, who owns the restaurant with
husband Russell Moore. Their hive is new, though they hope to harvest some
honey in September, which would be used in cocktails and to make sesame candy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rooftop
beehives can be found in several cities, but seem to be particularly hot in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>, where a
number of restaurants have embraced the locavore movement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“They
love our location,” says Clarke, who has a southern exposure. While
obtaining honey isn’t his chief objective, he has some ideas for where it
might go, including a honey ice cream and a honey and peach-glazed chicken.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other
places with hives include Flour + Water and the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bees have
been in residence at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairmont</st1:place></st1:City>
on Nob Hill for a little over a year, sitting in the restaurant’s
culinary garden. The bees were installed by executive chef J.W. Foster in
partnership with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>’s
Farm and there are about 200,000 honey bees now in the hives. The honey they
provide is used in salad dressings, pastries, ice cream, cocktails and as part
of the hotel’s afternoon tea service.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other
Fairmonts with beehives include the Fairmont Dallas, The Fairmont Royal York in
<st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City> and The Fairmont Yangcheng Lake in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kunshan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Brian
Linke and Terry Oxford of UrbanBeeSF, who keep hives at Blue Bottle Coffee in <st1:City
w:st="on">Oakland</st1:City> as well as Quince/Cotogna, Nopa, Tony’s
Pizza Napoletana and Mission Beach Cafe, all in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>, note that bees require
observation and close management.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For
instance, too many hives in the same area will lead to food shortages.
Meanwhile, swarming is a natural part of the bee life cycle, but it
doesn’t work well in an urban setting. So responsible keepers have to
deter swarming activity. Also problematic is the hobbyist who starts a hive,
then abandons it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Still,
overall Linke is glad to see the uptick of interest in bees.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“What
we have found is through the attention that we’re getting on this
we’re able to fulfill the secondary goal about all this, which is to
educate people with what’s going on with the bees,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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