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Somerset council hears beekeeping pitch, debates budget add-on
Summary
Alveol presented an urban beekeeping program to the Somerset council; councilors questioned environmental impacts and costs and debated multiple budget amendments to add funding for beekeeping. No contract was approved tonight; an $8,000 amendment failed while larger proposals remained under discussion.
Eliza Datar, a program specialist with Alveol, presented the company’s urban beekeeping and wild-bee habitat services to the Somerset Town Council at its May 5 meeting, describing a middle-tier package priced at $12,025 per year plus an $800 installation fee and optional higher- and lower-cost tiers.
Alveol’s program would provide a professionally managed honeybee hive, two “bee homes” for wild species, two community workshops, a community-facing online engagement page and 100 jars of hive-specific honey for the town. “One third of our food supply is dependent on pollination,” Datar told the council, arguing that beekeeping and habitat…
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