Michael S. Thompson

Michael S. Thompson
Born 1948
Wichita, Kansas
Residence Chicago, Illinois
Occupation Urban beekeeper
Organization Chicago Honey Co-op
Title Director

Michael S. Thompson is a beekeeper in Chicago.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Thompson was a contributor to Thing Magazine in the early 1990s.[7]

Thompson grew up in Wichita, Kansas[8] and became a bee-keeper when he was 12 years old, after his parents bought him a beehive.[9][10] He moved to Chicago in 1968, and began beekeeping there in 1974.[8] In 1975, he put a beehive on his roof in Chicago and was surprised at the amount of honey his urban beekeeping produced.[8]

In the summer of 2004, Thompson worked with two other beekeepers to start the Chicago Honey Co-op,[11] which is dedicated to provide healthy food, passing down bee-keeping knowledge, and employing the formerly incarcerated.[12][10]

On January of 2013, Thompson held his first urban beekeeping class that was open to the public at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Leggett, Bethany. "Buzzing in Chicago's urban hives". Medill Reports (Medill School of Journalism). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Michael S. Thompson and Hives". nwi.com. The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Carla K. (29 July 2011). "Amid bee die-off, healthy hives thrive in cities". Yahoo News. Associated Press. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Wisby, Gary (September 5, 2005). "Honey harvest bountiful for city's rooftop bees Millennium Park's wealth of plants may have enriched yield". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 11, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Ford, Ford (June 16, 2002). "City could be sweet beekeeping area". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Babwin, Don (June 15, 2003). "City Hall In Chicago Abuzz With Honeybees; Insects Sweeten Rooftop Garden". Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Thing Magazine 4: 2. 1991. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 1 2 3 Lenehan, Mike (18 November 1977). "The Essence of Beeing: The Gentle Art of Honey Husbandry, from Inner-City Rooftops to Corn-belt Pastureland.". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Braun, Ashley. "A bee wrangler shows you how to mind your own beeswax". Grist. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 Briggs, Jonathan E. (5 December 2004). "Jobs program delivers sweet taste of a new beginning". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Braun, Ashley. "A bee wrangler shows you how to mind your own beeswax". Grist. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Chicago Honey Co-op Website".
  13. ↑ Fuller, Janet. "Classes Filling Up Quickly As Buzz Surrounding Urban Beekeeping Gets Louder". DNAInfo Chicago. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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