Michael S. Thompson
| Michael S. Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Wichita, Kansas |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Urban beekeeper |
| Organization | Chicago Honey Co-op |
| Title | Director |
Michael S. Thompson is a beekeeper in Chicago.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Thompson was a contributor to Thing Magazine in the early 1990s.[7][better source needed]
Thompson grew up in Wichita, Kansas[8] and became a bee-keeper when he was 12 years old, after his parents bought him a beehive.[9][10] He moved to Chicago in 1968, and began beekeeping there in 1974.[8] In 1975, he put a beehive on his roof in Chicago and was surprised at the amount of honey his urban beekeeping produced.[8]
In the summer of 2004, Thompson worked with two other beekeepers to start the Chicago Honey Co-op,[11] which is dedicated to provide healthy food, passing down bee-keeping knowledge, and employing the formerly incarcerated.[12][10]
On January of 2013, Thompson held his first urban beekeeping class that was open to the public at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.[13]
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