Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community

Honey Produced by Campus Honeybees Available Soon

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi
Share
Bee Campus USACampus Storefaculty researchhoneyOffice of Sustainability Management

In the video, Associate Teaching Professor Lisa Olson-Gugerty explains the role of certain bees in the hives on South Campus.

In spring 2020, South Campus became home to six honeybee hives, which house over 300,000 honeybees. In their first year on campus, the bees harvested enough nectar from campus plants and trees to create over 300 pounds of honey. The honey is harvested twice a year and has been bottled for sale on campus. A small initial offering of campus honey in early 2021 proved immensely popular, with the honey quickly selling out across campus.

In the next few weeks, University community members will be able to purchase the honey in the Campus Store in the Schine Student Center, as well as in campus convenience stores.

The product for sale is raw honey, meaning it is not processed and contains only one ingredient: honey. Raw honey retains beneficial nutrients, pollen and antioxidants that processed honey does not. The honey has a distinctive Syracuse University flavor due to the unique plants in the area of the hives. A jar of honey costs $12, with all proceeds of its sale going back to support the honeybee hives overseen by Sustainability Management.

Currently, the University has 965 acres, of which 624 acres are green space, supplying bountiful habitats for pollinator species that encourage their critical existence. The establishment of honeybee hives in an area helps to support pollinator-dependent plants, including native plantings and agriculture-producing plants.

The campus hives are part of a Campus as a Lab for Sustainability (CALS) project run by Sustainability Management and awarded to associate teaching professors Lisa Olson-Gugerty and Mary Kiernan of the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. Their proposal, titled “Bee Orange,” coincided with the aim of the CALS grant, which strives to seamlessly integrate the academic and research mission of Syracuse University within the facilities and operations of the campus. “Bee Orange” supports the University’s efforts as a Bee Campus USA affiliate, including boundless opportunities for research around the honeybees and pollinator plant species, no matter the area of expertise of faculty and students.

To learn more about the University’s sustainability efforts and to become involved with these initiatives, visit the Sustainability Management website.

  • Author

Jennifer DeMarchi

  • Recent
  • School of Architecture Announces Spring 2023 Visiting Critics
    Friday, January 27, 2023, By Julie Sharkey
  • School of Design Alumni Exhibition Features Innovation and Excellence in Footwear
    Friday, January 27, 2023, By Erica Blust
  • Student Experience Welcomes Steven T. Herndon as Assistant Vice President for Student Living
    Friday, January 27, 2023, By Shannon Andre
  • BioInspired Institute Showcased in The Washington Post
    Friday, January 27, 2023, By Daryl Lovell
  • ROTC Cadets Get Airborne Thanks to USAF Lt. Col. Sean Stumpf ’07
    Friday, January 27, 2023, By Charlie Poag

More In Campus & Community

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2023 Visiting Critics

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the School of Architecture’s visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring with the following Visiting…

Student Experience Welcomes Steven T. Herndon as Assistant Vice President for Student Living

The Student Experience division announced the appointment of Steven T. Herndon as assistant vice president of student living, beginning on Jan. 23. In this role, Herndon will oversee all aspects of the student living program, including residential life and off-campus…

Associate Chief Information Officer for Academic Services Jenny Gluck Announces Retirement

After 30 years at Syracuse University, Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) for Academic Technology Services Jenny Gluck has announced her retirement, effective at the end of January. Mike O’Mara, director of Learning Environments and Media Production, will serve as interim…

A Warm Winter Welcome to Newest Arts and Sciences Faculty

Continuing its trajectory of robust faculty hiring in fall 2022, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) announces the following new professors in the humanities and the sciences, whose appointments began in January 2023. “We are pleased and proud that…

Hendricks Chapel Welcomes Assistant Muslim Chaplain Imam Dzemal Crnkić

Hendricks Chapel recently welcomed Imam Dzemal Crnkić as assistant Muslim chaplain. Imam Crnkić will assist Chaplain Amir Durić to further advance academic excellence in a university welcoming to all. Dean Brian Konkol says, “As the Muslim Chaplaincy continues to experience…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2023 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.