16 Sep Tue 2014
State Law Helps Save Dwindling Honeybees
As many of you know, we've been in a state of flux for over a year, fighting Miami-Dade county and struggling to keep our beehives. Our county refused to acknowledge a 2012 Florida state law that gave beekeepers the right to keep hives on non-agricultural (residential) land. It's been a really long haul. Anyway, last week Miami-Dade withdrew their case after being interviewed by the Miami Herald about their stance on beekeeping and their position being in defiance of state law. I absolutely bee-lieve that their dropping legal proceedings was in order to avoid further negative publicity.
The funny thing is, this Miami Herald article was like the answer to a prayer. I had been gearing up, getting ready to write numerous press releases and sending them to news and media outlets in order to enlist media support for our issue. I had a whole strategy ready to roll out.
But out of the blue, the Miami Herald called us and was doing an in-depth look at the state of bees in the state of Florida. We were interviewed, photographed, the county backed down, and today, the article actually made the front page of the paper.
The online version can be found here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/15/4350437/florida-law-helps-fights-to-save.html#
Have a good read! I'm so grateful!!!