By Antonio Barletta Introduction by Davide Ciccarese With writings by Marianna Merisi, Gianmaria Sforza, Luca Vitali History of UrBees and an Urban Beekeeper in Turin Montaonda Editions
It is a straightforward account of meeting bees and discovering, thrilled and exciting, a new way of living in the city, now spread all over the world in search of a new balance with the environment. Because Beehives in the city help bees survive far from the pesticides that have now contaminated the countryside, and offer us all the chance to harvest and enjoy a different honey, with a thousand flavors, miraculously healthy and pure, a guarantee and demonstration of the supreme power of nature. Narrated in the first person, the book is also the exciting adventure of a young man who moved to Turin and invented an innovative and socially responsible job with bees. From the first contact, with falling in love with the wonderful insects, to the birth of Project UrBees in 2010, to the first urban apiary, Antonio's vision quickly won over newspapers and TV, becoming, thanks also to a furious debate on facebook and numerous appearances at conventions and beekeeping fairs a true icon of the still nascent urban beekeeping movement in Italy. Montaonda Editions A book for those who do not give up and want to look to cities for hope for life; for Urban Green enthusiasts, and for those who want to encourage the return of Nature to cities; for those who want to live responsibly, favoring biodiversity and the environment, precisely because they are aware that they live immersed in concrete Today Project UrBees is a changing, stubborn and uncompromising reality that has intrigued, passionate and involved many people of all kinds. Always in search of new goals, Antonio never tires of reiterating that "bees carry a revolutionary message, that of bioresistance: by learning to interact with them, welcoming them into cities and putting their fertilizing gifts to good use, we can regain hope that one day our revolution will bear fruit as well."