Talk by New York City Beekeeper
Wednesday 20th August 2014
19h30 Berehaven Golf Club, Castletownbere
Andrew Cote is a fourth-generation beekeeper and polyglot who sells a
gorgeous array of local honey varietals at Greenmarkets year-round. He was born
into a beekeeping family in Connecticut and is (at least) the 4th generation to
carry on this ancient art. Andrew runs Silvermine Apiary, home of Andrew's
Taste-Bud Bursting Local Wildflower Honey. Although tending to his many hives
in Connecticut and New York City is a full-time job, Andrew's passions and
occupations are diverse.
The beekeeper dubbed by New York Times food journalist Mark Bittman as "one of
the industry's legends" and by Bon Appetit as “hot temperedâ€, is a
Fulbright scholar and full-time professor as well as beekeeper extraordinaire.
Andrew is also the founder of two non-profit organizations, Bees Without
Borders and the New York City Beekeepers Association (NYCBA).
Through Bees Without Borders, Andrew teaches beekeeping as a method of
poverty alleviation for under-served communities from the local (East New York,
Brooklyn) to the far-flung (Iraq, Uganda, Nigeria, Haiti, and Ecuador, to name
a few).
At heart, Andrew is an educator. He teaches English and
Literature to college students in order to cultivate minds and beekeeping in
order to bring a sustainable source of income and pollination for agricultural
projects in neglected areas of the city and of the world. Andrew is a dynamic
speaker and has been seen, heard, or read about on The Martha Stewart Show, the
BBC (radio and television), NPR (Leonard Lopate Show), PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN,
NHK, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, The
Sydney Morning Herald, and in AP and Reuters articles worldwide, and many, many
others including, but not limited to, television in Australia, Korea, Germany,
France, Japan, and Russia.
gorgeous array of local honey varietals at Greenmarkets year-round. He was born
into a beekeeping family in Connecticut and is (at least) the 4th generation to
carry on this ancient art. Andrew runs Silvermine Apiary, home of Andrew's
Taste-Bud Bursting Local Wildflower Honey. Although tending to his many hives
in Connecticut and New York City is a full-time job, Andrew's passions and
occupations are diverse.
The beekeeper dubbed by New York Times food journalist Mark Bittman as "one of
the industry's legends" and by Bon Appetit as “hot temperedâ€, is a
Fulbright scholar and full-time professor as well as beekeeper extraordinaire.
Andrew is also the founder of two non-profit organizations, Bees Without
Borders and the New York City Beekeepers Association (NYCBA).
Through Bees Without Borders, Andrew teaches beekeeping as a method of
poverty alleviation for under-served communities from the local (East New York,
Brooklyn) to the far-flung (Iraq, Uganda, Nigeria, Haiti, and Ecuador, to name
a few).
At heart, Andrew is an educator. He teaches English and
Literature to college students in order to cultivate minds and beekeeping in
order to bring a sustainable source of income and pollination for agricultural
projects in neglected areas of the city and of the world. Andrew is a dynamic
speaker and has been seen, heard, or read about on The Martha Stewart Show, the
BBC (radio and television), NPR (Leonard Lopate Show), PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN,
NHK, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, The
Sydney Morning Herald, and in AP and Reuters articles worldwide, and many, many
others including, but not limited to, television in Australia, Korea, Germany,
France, Japan, and Russia.