{"id":409,"name":"Alison Benjamin","url":"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/","description":"Alison Benjamin is co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/\">Urban Bees<\/a>, which works with communities, companies and charities to help bees in cities by raising awareness about their role, improving forage and habitat for wild bees, and teaching responsible urban beekeeping.\r\nFor Urban Bees, she writes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/\">blogs<\/a>, gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedxwarwick.com\/talks\/talk.php?year=2014&amp;id=12\">talks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UrbanBees\">develops partnerships<\/a> to improve forage and habitat for bees and pollinators in towns and cities. She tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alisonurbanbees\">@alisonurbanbees<\/a>. She is also a Guardian journalist and co-author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/shop\/books.htm\">Keeping Bees and Making Honey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/shop\/books.htm\">A World Without Bees<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/shop\/books.htm\">Bees in the City: The urban beekeepers\u2019 handbook<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/alisonbenjamin\/","slug":"alisonbenjamin","avatar_urls":{"24":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","48":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","96":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"full":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","96":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-96x96.jpg","160":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-160x160.jpg","25":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-25x25.jpg","32":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-32x32.jpg","74":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778-74x74.jpg","128":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","120":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","90":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","60":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","125":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","24":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","48":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","250":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","64":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg","192":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Alison-Benjamin_avatar_1453146778.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}