Insects

The Beehives Are Leaving Hayes Valley Farm, But You Can Buy Honey Before They Go

edibleoffice/FlickrThe beehives at Hayes Valley Farm.​The bees of Hayes Valley Farm have had it rough. In 2010, the first colonies to settle in at the urban farm were slaughtered by a malicious neighbor. Early this year, Karen Peteros of SF Bee-Cause and her crew installed new hives -- triple the ... More >>

Quivira Makes Jam, Not Just Jammy Wines

​Wines are often described as "jammy," but how often can you buy jam and wine from the same producer? Dry Creek Valley producer Quivira will sell you both, and some honey from the estate as well, with the help of some goats, bees, and manure-filled bull horns. The goats mow the lawn, the bee ... More >>

Bouncer Goes Apiary at the Fairmont

​Wines are often described as "jammy," but how often can you buy jam and wine from the same producer? Dry Creek Valley producer Quivira will sell you both, and some honey from the estate as well, with the help of some goats, bees, and manure-filled bull horns. The goats mow the lawn, the bee ... More >>

S.F. Plays Host to Millions of Bees

​Wines are often described as "jammy," but how often can you buy jam and wine from the same producer? Dry Creek Valley producer Quivira will sell you both, and some honey from the estate as well, with the help of some goats, bees, and manure-filled bull horns. The goats mow the lawn, the bee ... More >>

Millions of Bees Buzz in S.F. Backyards and Balconies

BotheredByBees/flickr​San Francisco is a gold mine -- not for the precious metal, though. We're talking about honey. Since the 2007 media furor over mysterious honeybee deaths, when alarming numbers of North American honeybee colonies suffered colony collapse, urban beekeeping has taken off. ... More >>

Dan Jablow's Meat Awakening, and Hayes Valley Farm Bees Rise Again

BotheredByBees/flickr​San Francisco is a gold mine -- not for the precious metal, though. We're talking about honey. Since the 2007 media furor over mysterious honeybee deaths, when alarming numbers of North American honeybee colonies suffered colony collapse, urban beekeeping has taken off. ... More >>

No More Grasshoppers at La Oaxaqueña

La Chiquita/FlickrChapulines, or grasshoppers, in Mexico.​ KGO TV reported yesterday that the San Francisco Department of Health has banned La Oaxaqueña Bakery & Restaurant (2128 Mission St.), one of the only Oaxacan restaurants in the city, from selling chapulines, or dried grasshoppers. Wh ... More >>

Otherwise, There Will Be Blood

La Chiquita/FlickrChapulines, or grasshoppers, in Mexico.​ KGO TV reported yesterday that the San Francisco Department of Health has banned La Oaxaqueña Bakery & Restaurant (2128 Mission St.), one of the only Oaxacan restaurants in the city, from selling chapulines, or dried grasshoppers. Wh ... More >>

"Queen of the Sun": Documentary Looks at Bee Colony Collapse

La Chiquita/FlickrChapulines, or grasshoppers, in Mexico.​ KGO TV reported yesterday that the San Francisco Department of Health has banned La Oaxaqueña Bakery & Restaurant (2128 Mission St.), one of the only Oaxacan restaurants in the city, from selling chapulines, or dried grasshoppers. Wh ... More >>

Bee Worried

La Chiquita/FlickrChapulines, or grasshoppers, in Mexico.​ KGO TV reported yesterday that the San Francisco Department of Health has banned La Oaxaqueña Bakery & Restaurant (2128 Mission St.), one of the only Oaxacan restaurants in the city, from selling chapulines, or dried grasshoppers. Wh ... More >>

Queen of the Sun: Stinging Bee Documentary Comes to the Roxie

Queen of the Sun Filmmaker Screenings Where: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087 When: Fri., Mar. 25, 7 and 9 p.m. The rundown: On the screen, bees used to be only slightly less menacing than Chucky. Nowadays ― as colony collapse has gone from something thick-lensed culture ... More >>

Invaders, Reconsidered

Queen of the Sun Filmmaker Screenings Where: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087 When: Fri., Mar. 25, 7 and 9 p.m. The rundown: On the screen, bees used to be only slightly less menacing than Chucky. Nowadays ― as colony collapse has gone from something thick-lensed culture ... More >>

California Academy's $1.9 Million in Stimulus Funds for Ant Study Angers Republicans

$1.9 million to study lil' old me? ​Scientist says he's putting people to work -- and compiling vital environmental dataEarlier this month, Republican Senators Tom Coburn (whom you haven't heard of) and John McCain (whom you have) fired off a 74-page compendium of what they claim are the most wast ... More >>

ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

Hayes Valley Farm Beekeeper Mourns Slaughtered Colonies, Plots Next Steps

Hayes Valley FarmJust a few of the hundreds of thousands of bees killed Monday night.​ It's a macabre, senseless story: Hayes Valley Farm, the year-old urban garden on the site of the old I-80 off-ramp, reported on its blog yesterday that someone had broken into the gardens on Monday night or Tues ... More >>

Up to 250,000 Bees Killed at Hayes Valley Farm

Hayes Valley Farm This week's bee genocide left hundreds of thousands of insects dead​Ace food writer Jonathan Kauffman caught up with grieving beekeeper Karen Peteros at our sister blog, SFoodie; she lost thousands of bees when an unknown assailant gassed three of her hives at the Hayes V ... More >>

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Plan Bee: Top S.F. Beekeeper Doubts 'Colony Collapse Disorder' Ever Existed -- and Many Scientists Agree

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

In Defense of Creepy Crawlies

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

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Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

Last Night: Charge of the Light Brown Apple Moth at Town School for Boys

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

DARPA Creates Cyborg Spy Moths, Girls' Locker Rooms Everywhere Compromised

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

This Just In: Ants No Longer Morally Superior to Humans

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

So Awesome: Larva Chocolate With Dried Squid!

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

California Academy of Sciences Begins Epic Animal Migration

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

Up at Bats

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

Canning Tomatoes: Industrious Food Bloggers Save For The Winter

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

Canning Tomatoes: Industrious Food Bloggers Save For The Winter

Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>

The Bee Buzz

S.F. beekeepers hope a mysterious plague doesn't destroy their hives.

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The French Quarter

Two restaurants from the same part of the world colonize Mission District corners

God of the Flies

Arts gadfly Jonathon Keats tries to map the one true Lord on the genetic tree of life via fruit flies, prayer, and KGO radio

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Bioscience Warfare

UC professor Tyrone Hayes found that a highly profitable weed killer causes sexual abnormalities in frogs. Then he found out how nasty a biotech multinational can be.

Ant Invasion

See them creep and crawl in SOMA

A Bacon and Ants Sandwich, Please

With a side order of sweet and sour silkworms

Beetle Mania

The intense joy of mounting a worthy bug in proper fashion

Best Place to Buy Dead Animals

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May Flowers

Rites of spring around the city -- from flying geckos to ribbon-wrapped maypoles to the Great Horned One

Do-Gooders, NIMBYs, and Other Insects

The fight over a proposed butterfly museum shows how nonprofits and neighborhood groups are driving this town buggy

Save the Bats

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

Zoom Lens

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

Night Crawler

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

Mosquito Coast

On the trail of Culex pipiens