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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Marina Marchese
URL:www.rossape.com

100,000 new residents for Bridgeport’s NEST Arts Factory building

Bridgeport CT,It is seven o’clock AM, high above rush hour traffic on I95, atop of Bridgeport’s NEST Arts Factory building, some 100,000 of Bridgeport’s newest residents are just getting ready to start their day. The newest NESTERS or we should say HIVERS are Apis mellifera lingusta or Italian honeybees and have their own ideas of commuting, well that is, from flower to flower. These honeybees were brought there by beekeepers Vic Mulaire and Marina Marchese. “These Bridgeport city honeybees seem to be gathering more pollen than my country bee hives.” Marchese says with surprise. Vic makes sure his new residents have plenty of water available nearby, you see he is the owner of these buildings that have been home to his world renown Tic Tac Toe children’s sock company since 1987. Recently, Vic has invited artist to set up studio space inside and now honeybees to reside on top of his building. “Honeybees add a little country to this part of town and honeybees are essentially nature’s great pollinators, responsible for almost 80% of our food supply,” he adds. Vic built and painted these 2 hives a bright red and yellow color and in the wake of the honeybee mite infestations across the country, he hopes to contribute to keeping the honeybees population in control. “Unlike yellow jacks and wasp who come to visit your BBQ’s, honeybees forage on only pollen and nectar, so they are vegetarians” says Marina, who is a designer and has been a beekeeper for 5 years. She sells honey and honeybee products under her own company’s name Red Bee®/Rossape at the local Bridgeport farmers market which is held each Friday in McLevy Green. Honey is nature’s oldest sweetener and Both Vic and Marina are firm believers of the many benefits of raw local honey and bee pollen. Many people come around asking to buy large quantities of honey and bee pollen for their allergies. As for now, NEST honey is reserved for these two beekeepers but don’t bee surprised if you find Bridgeport NEST honey for sale in the near future.