Humboldt Honey MPLS

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Ethical Stewardship

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Community Connection

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Sustainability

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Continuing Education

〰️ Ethical Stewardship 〰️ Community Connection 〰️ Sustainability 〰️ Continuing Education

Humboldt Honey MPLS is a woman-run, hyperlocal, small-scale beekeeping collective rooted in the North Minneapolis community. We are dedicated to ethical stewardship of bees and land, community connection, and reinvesting in the neighborhood we call home.

Land Acknowledgment

Each of Humboldt Honey’s Gardens acknowledges it sits on unceded land of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) and Dakhota people, and recognizes the history of disinvestment affecting Jewish and Black communities on the Northside. We are committed to learning, healing, and building respectful relationships with Indigenous and Black communities.

Located in North Minneapolis, Our gardens are volunteer-run community space where everyone can grow, tend, and harvest together. It fosters connection to the land and each other, while also serving as home to Humboldt Honey MPLS.

A man and woman smiling outdoors in a yard with bare trees and a house in the background. The man has glasses, a mustache, and a beard, and is wearing a white jacket and a blue knit hat. The woman has glasses and an afro hairstyle, and is wearing a white jacket, holding gardening gloves, a small metal watering can, and a gardening tool.
A person organizing jars and glasses on a table, preparing for a canning or storage process, with jars filled with a golden-brown liquid.
Two women wearing gloves honey extracting honey from beehive frames over an outdoor firepit, with trees and houses in the background.
A jar of honey and two snifter glasses with a golden liquor sit on a table decorated with evergreen sprigs. A potted plant is visible in the background.
Three beekeepers wearing protective suits and veils inspecting a beehive in a backyard with a house and bare trees in the background.

Advocacy for All Pollinators

As land protectors, beekeepers, and environmental advocates, we believe deeply that ALL pollinators are essential and worth protection. We do not subscribe to the narrative that Honey Bees should get center stage in the fight for our attention. It is important for all of us to remember that one pollinator is not above the rest. As Urban Beekeepers when we create habitat for Honey Bees, we are also creating habitat for all Bees. We are determined to create, educate, and invite neighbors into the fight for pollinator protection, especially for our Native and Honey Bees. Honey Bees are guests on this land, as are we, and we will continue to explore and learn what it means to be good guests here.

Bees are a veil between the worlds. We have much to learn from them, and so many ways to deepen our relationship with them. We hope you will join us in our learning and inspire others to do the same.