Michigan Golf Journal July 2018

Environmentally Friendly ,ŽŶĞLJ ďĞĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůLJ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ decade or so – a global concern ĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽůůŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŚĂďŝƚƐ help maintain the world’s agricultural supply of food. At least two golf courses in Michigan have recently added ďĞĞ ŚŝǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ to use the land they have ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚůLJ ʹ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƵĞƐƚ ĨŽŽĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƟŶLJ dent in the agricultural world. /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ďŽƚŚ :Ğī ^ǁĞĞƚ ŽĨ ƵĐŬ͛Ɛ ZƵŶ ŝŶ Mt. Pleasant and Course ^ƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ ZŽƐƐ DŝůůĞƌ Ăƚ Country Club of Detroit both have agriculture backgrounds as youth. What can be surprising is that at the latter property, the course resembles a small arboretum yet is surrounded by the city and lots of housing. The honey bees go about their business just 180 yards from the 17 th green, along the edge of some woods. Miller said the membership had “little to ŶŽ ƉƵƐŚďĂĐŬ͟ ĨŽƌ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ hives three years ago. “We’re looking to add more hives out around the ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ͕͟ DŝůůĞƌ ƐĂŝĚ ĂƐ ǁĞ BEE HAPPY ŽĨ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƵĐŬ͛Ɛ ZƵŶ ,ĞůƉ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ Outside the Fairways By Tom Lang sat in a cart only 10 feet from the hive with no safety issues. “They are conversation pieces out on the golf course. “We are very minimalistic course in regards to pesticides ƵƐĂŐĞ͕͟ ŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ ͞tĞ ŚĂǀĞ home owners around us, we’re 400 yards from Lake St. Clair, but it’s about doing