Articles in the Finnish press 08 06.2018 (in Finnish)
Satakunnan Kansa
Länsi-Suomi
Article in El Periódico 20.3.2018 (in Spanish)
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20180320/colmena-fundacio-miro-barceloneando-6703764
Article in Ara (in Catalan) 15.2.2018
https://www.ara.cat/cultura/Miro-reivindica-abelles-sigui-massa_0_1961803873.html
Article by Mirko Nikolić, Neda Radulovic,
‘Aesthetics of inhuman touch: notes for ‘vegetalised’ performance‘,
Ruukku Journal, 9 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.372629 [accessed 18/03/2018], www.ruukku-journal.fi
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/372629/372630
Broadcasting Yle News 22nd July, 2017:
https://vimeo.com/229895420
Article on Yle News, Finland, July 2017:
Melliferopolis tuo mehiläiset kaupungin sykkeeseen – “Ihmiset eivät tiedä mehiläisistä juuri mitään”
Yle Uutiset 22.7.2017_Melliferopolis tuo mehiläiset kaupungin sykkeeseen_web
We Make Money Not Art – article about Pixelache Workshop “Architectures for the Other Side”:
http://we-make-money-not-art.com/pixelache-2016-architectures-for-the-other-side/
In the summer 2016, a review on the Hexa-Hive village and Airstrip for Bees was written in Suomen Luonto magazine.
This one is important! A critical and smart view on the automatic honey-flow machinery promoted a bit everywhere. Check it on honeycolony.com.
The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook / The New York Times
TED talk on development from egg to fully grown bee.
Books:
T. D. Seeley – Honeybee Democracy – On decisiontaking in the hive
Eva Crane – The Book of Honey
Karl Weiss – Der Wochenend Imker
and Movies:
Queen of the Sun – Taggart Siegel
Online References:
Due to the difficulties that bees are facing recently, beekeeping and the attitude towards these animals is undergoing a change. The old paradigms do not entirely work anymore, new ways have yet to be found. A lot of contemporary valuable knowledge and experience can be found online – however has to be consumed with a grain of salt:
http://www.themelissagarden.com
http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm
http://www.apiculture-warre.fr/
http://www.swindonhoneybeeconservation.org.uk
http://www.honeybeesuite.com/of-feral-colonies-and-varroa-mites/
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/
In February 2013, EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) acknowledges that three neonicotinoids are to be classified as toxic to bees. A ban of these substances for 2 years should be voted for on a European level on 25th of February 2013.
As a reaction, Bayer und Syngenta – the main producers of pesticides containing these substances – threaten with massive lawsuits in case of prohibition of the substances. A study spreads fear for the loss of 50 000 jobs.
Some European countries have partly banned the use of neonicotinoids as insecticides (Germany, Slowenia, France, Italy). Online petitions for a ban are ongoing in many European countries. A voting in the European Commission is scheduled for mid March.
A study on “Existing Scientific Evidence of the Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bees” was published by DG Internal Policies of the European Commission here:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.html?file=79433&languageDocument=EN
Markus Imhoof, director of the documentary „More than honey“ publishes bonus material of the movie online.
http://youtu.be/jv-4rv0I4dw
An overview is given in the indepent and the beekeeper’s association blogspot.
February 2012
http://hunajalla.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/kaupunkimehilaisia-biotaiteellisesti-ja.html
May 2012
11.5. Aalto News: Urbaani mehiläinen tekee maukasta hunajaa
16.5. Hunajalla.blogspot.com: Johanna Sinisalo: “Mehiläiset ovat esimerkki siitä, mitä emme voi kontrolloida, mutta josta olemme riippuvaisia”
17.5. YLE1 Finnish public TV: Kaupunkilaismehiläisbuumi Suomeen