Orlando already keeps bees

The city keeps honey bees for education, not for a cart. Orlando's Apiary Program page, checked 2026-08-30, lists three apiaries: Fire Station 1, Fire Station 2, and McQuigg Farm. Ten hives total.

McQuigg Farm sits along McQuigg Street, across from Callahan Neighborhood Center. The farm page invites guests to suit up and explore the working apiary during Food and Livability Lessons. Volunteer hours on that page have been Friday mornings, 9 to 11. Recheck the city page before you treat a Friday as current.

The same apiary program says more than 10 students from the Englewood Kids Zone, and more than 20 from the Black Bee Honey youth employment program, have graduated from the city's beekeeping course. The Kidz Zone site spells the neighborhood Engelwood, without the w. Quote each page as written.

Black Bee Honey is a youth entrepreneurship program founded in 2017 by students in Parramore Kidz Zone, operated with Orlando Community and Youth Trust. Students from Parramore and Holden Heights. Write it as a program. Do not use this page to sell anyone's jars.

City of Orlando Apiary Program https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Departments-Offices/Executive-Offices/CAO/Sustainability-Resilience/Green-Works-Focus-Areas/Livability/Apiary-Program

McQuigg Farm and Community Garden https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Departments-Offices/Executive-Offices/CAO/Sustainability-Resilience/Green-Works-Focus-Areas/Local-Food-Systems/McQuigg-Farm-and-Community-Garden

Black Bee Honey program https://www.blackbeehoneyhq.com/Home

Parramore Kidz Zone https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Departments-Offices/FPR/Orlando-Kidz-Zones/Parramore-Kidz-Zone