Bees Without Borders teaches beekeeping “to groups of people in economically depressed areas of the globe as a means of poverty alleviation.” Its founder Andrew Coté of Norwalk, Connecticut (his dad tended Martha Stewart’s Westport bees) travels to other countries spreading his knowledge of how to maintain happy pollinators. He’s even been to Iraq, returning with the statistic that 500,000 hives have been reduced to 20,000 since the Gulf War in 1991. He’ll be in Uganda in January. Back at home, Coté tends hives in Connecticut and New York (he’s looking for a good spot in Brooklyn if you’ve got one) and sells honey at farmer’s markets.