New Atlantic City Electric initiative aims to show importance of honey bees on the environment

Final Fall, Atlantic Metropolis Electrical teamed up with Mill Creek Apiary to arrange three hives stuffed with buzzing honey bees. They hope to advertise the varied useful properties of pollinators – most particularly, honey bees.

Jason Shoff, proprietor of Mill Creek Apiary, says that honey bees have an incredible affect on the atmosphere and particularly on native crops.

“About 60% of our fruit and veggies in New Jersey alone are depending on pollination,” he mentioned.

Pollinators throughout the nation have been on the decline based on Sandy Fisher, VP of Help Service with Pepco Holdings. She says that components embody local weather change and lack of habitat.

The Hive Dive mission is Atlantic Metropolis Electrical’s approach to try to improve the variety of pollinators throughout North America and present and educate folks concerning the significance of honey bees.

Atlantic Metropolis Electrical executives got the chance to open and stand up and shut with the hives.

“It is an important place to begin the dialogue about pollinators, what’s ailing pollinators and what we will do to assist,” mentioned Shoff.

The group was additionally given an indication about learn how to harvest the honey within the hives, adopted by a tasting of the recent honey.

“The bees are simply step one after which we hopefully can take this elsewhere and make it greater each time we go alongside,” mentioned Christine Savage, Senior Environmental Undertaking Supervisor at Atlantic Metropolis Electrical.

Hive Dives are at present solely open to Atlantic Metropolis Electrical workers.