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NY Times article on honeybees in the City
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Lesli Sagan <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 May 2008 10:23:06 -0400
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The article in today's NY Times is far more sympathetic than most, but does
contain a few knee-slappers:

"But the life of a wild honeybee in the city is a rough one.

Mr. Planakis says the average lifespan is about 28 days, nearly all of them
consumed with work. Honeybees kept on a farm live longer, perhaps three or
four months."
Ah, those poor urbanite bees!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/nyregion/28bees.html?ex=1369713600&en=921fb988f7ebbfa3&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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