Photos: Tucson Beekeeper
Noel Patterson started a business where local restaurants sponsor beehives in exchange for the honey.
Noel Patterson
Noel Patterson holds up a honeycomb slowly being built by his bees. Patterson has started a small business where several local restaurants sponsor beehives in exchange for the honey. He still works his full time job as a sales representative for Quench Fine Wines. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Noel Patterson
Noel Patterson has started a small business where several local restaurants sponsor beehives in exchange for the honey. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Noel Patterson
Before checking on the honey production, Noel Patterson smokes the bees to calm them. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Noel Patterson
Noel Patterson harvests some honey. He keeps several hives on a friend's property on the northwest side. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Noel Patterson
Noel Patterson likes to use a top bar hive, the honeycombs hangs from a bar rather than being in a frame. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Noel Patterson
Bees fly in and out of a langstroth hive as Noel Patterson checks on their production. Photo taken: Wednesday August 19, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Miraval's resident beekeeper was featured in NYT's Travel Q&A.