Amy and Barry's 12,000 honeybees.
It’s springtime. The birds are chirping, and the bees are starting to buzz all around the five boroughs. But that doesn’t mean you’ll find local, New York City-made honey on a shelf in your grocery store. Hiving honeybees within city limits is against Health Code because bees are classified as a venomous animal. Still, dozens of urban apiarists carry on their clandestine hobby, enduring months of preparations for the arrival of their spring bees. Jamie Yuenger began following the trail of one hive of city bees on an unseasonably warm weekend back in early February.
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Great story– I’ll never look at Clinton Hill bees the same way again!
Such a stinging story! I hope it gets the buzz out about urban agriculture. Great job honey. You are the queen of bee journalism. bees.
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