60,000 Bees to Provide Local Restaurant Ingredients
- 12 years ago
60,000 Bees Provide Local Restaurant Ingredients - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.
Recently honored as a Certified Green Restaurant, Table 45 at the InterContinental Hotel Cleveland is helping to replenish the honey bee population.
According to the USDA, “The total number of managed honey bee colonies has decreased from 5 million in the 1940s to only 2.5 million today.” To help in that cause, a beehive has been created on the fifth floor rooftop of the hotel that will house 60,000 bees and produce 35 pounds of honey annually.
“We are choosing to take a leadership position with our sustainability initiatives at the InterContinental Cleveland,” says general manager Campbell Black. The honey harvested will be utilized in food and drinks at the hotel and plans also include bottling the honey to sell to hotel guests.
It will take approximately one year for the hive to begin producing the nectar, but in celebration of the event, Table 45 will be serving up some special cocktails that include the O-Honey, Swinging at Bees and the Bee Happy.
The Greater Cleveland Beekeepers Association will be assisting the hotel staff with maintaining the hive and keeping the bees healthy.
Recently honored as a Certified Green Restaurant, Table 45 at the InterContinental Hotel Cleveland is helping to replenish the honey bee population.
According to the USDA, “The total number of managed honey bee colonies has decreased from 5 million in the 1940s to only 2.5 million today.” To help in that cause, a beehive has been created on the fifth floor rooftop of the hotel that will house 60,000 bees and produce 35 pounds of honey annually.
“We are choosing to take a leadership position with our sustainability initiatives at the InterContinental Cleveland,” says general manager Campbell Black. The honey harvested will be utilized in food and drinks at the hotel and plans also include bottling the honey to sell to hotel guests.
It will take approximately one year for the hive to begin producing the nectar, but in celebration of the event, Table 45 will be serving up some special cocktails that include the O-Honey, Swinging at Bees and the Bee Happy.
The Greater Cleveland Beekeepers Association will be assisting the hotel staff with maintaining the hive and keeping the bees healthy.