There is a saying among urban beekeepers: Keep your fences high, your head down and your neighbor’s honey pot full.
It’s a nod, of course, to the undeserved bad rap of honeybees, those mostly docile pollinators of flowers and fruit trees and vegetables, which are lumped more often than not with their ornery cousins, the hornet and wasp.
The University of Wisconsin Extension is aiming to change that negative perception and bring urban beekeeping out in the open with a new program planned for the Milwaukee County Grounds.