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Things are no longer abuzz on top of Town Hall.<\/p>\n

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Craig Nakamoto, a local beekeeper who initiated an urban beekeeping project<\/a><\/span> in 2016 to place beehives on the roof of Town Hall, recently removed his last beehive from atop the Algonquin Theatre. Nakamoto’s agreement with the town and staff became \u201ca little too stressful\u201d and Nakamoto took the last hive down on June 23.<\/p>\n

At the beginning, Nakamoto said town council supported and really liked the idea but it was a combination of things that ultimately put an end to the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny contractor on the roof has to be escorted and I guess I didn’t realize at the beginning I would be classified as a contractor,” said Nakamoto. “I would have to schedule ahead of time and I had to be escorted. I did it all last year and this spring, but it just became too much of a hassle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nakamoto stated every time he checked on the bees a staff member would have to accompany him and would basically end up sitting and watching him for an hour. That was a huge waste of their time and it bothered him a great deal. Also, arranging a time when he could maintain the bees became difficult because having the right weather conditions is paramount. It can’t be windy or raining and the temperature has to be close to 20 degrees.<\/p>\n

I talked to town maintenance, signed a waiver, I had insurance and said, ‘Let’s work something out,’ but they were not interested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bees did swarm a few times last year and Nakamoto says he was warned that if there was another swarm the bees were going to be taken off the roof. Bee colonies propagate by swarming, which is natural and therefore can’t be avoided.<\/p>\n

Town CAO Denise Corry said that the swarming posed a problem due to the location. “They would swarm down into the pedestrian area and there were some pedestrians that were concerned,” said Corry. “He was very kind and explained to us the process of what happens with bees…and why they swarm. We had asked him during those times when bees are likely to swarm if he could check the hive more regularly.”<\/p>\n

Due to provincial working at heights regulations that the Town must follow, a staff member had to accompany Nakamoto each time he checked the hives, said Corry. “It was quite a process to check them…It was difficult for him to go up there and do the inspection. He did ask if there were other locations on municipal buildings, but staff would have to follow the same protocol.” Corry added that it was not staff direction for him to remove the hives, but rather his decision.<\/p>\n

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A swarm of bees came to rest outside the Algonquin Theatre Sunday morning (June 19, 2016). Photo: Craig Nakamoto.<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in the fall, Nakamoto did combine two hives to make one larger one and it did well through the winter. This spring, in an effort to avoid swarming, he created two new hives and left one on Town Hall and took the other to his apiary near Aspdin Road. The hives have now been relocated to the Aspdin Road property.<\/p>\n

Nakamoto is hoping to establish another partnership in or around town with an organization, possibly a school. Last year he took the frames of honey to Muskoka Montessori School for the kids to help process<\/a><\/span>. They untapped it and bottled it and the kids seemed to enjoy the educational aspect of making honey.<\/p>\n

In Nakamoto’s opinion, nobody on the town staff management wanted the project to succeed and despite all the good press the project was receiving, the town never took advantage of it from a marketing perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good experience and I’m sorry it didn’t work out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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