Buzz over legalizing backyard beehives in Costa Mesa grows
Costa Mesa resident Alberta Mirisciotti has a thing for bees. Her fascination began 13 years ago, when she saw a swarm on her property and had to c...
Costa Mesa resident Alberta Mirisciotti has a thing for bees. Her fascination began 13 years ago, when she saw a swarm on her property and had to call someone out to rescue them. Soon after she started learning more about the practice, then became a rescuer herself. 'We need the bees,' she says of the prolific pollinators. 'Every three bites of food we eat has been touched by a bee.' Today, Mirisciotti runs Hey Honey, a rescue and relocation business that offers raw, natural honey and education about the essential role bees play in the production of flowers and food crops.