AFP: East Village Rooftop Bee Farms return after 11-Year Ban

Andrew Cote uses the emergency fire ladder to climb up to the roof of his East Village building, where he tends to 250 bee hives.

Cote, a professor of Japanese literature doubles up as president of the New York City Beekeepers Association, and is happy that the city authorized beekeeping in mid-March after an 11-year ban.

"The city wants to plant one million trees, and the trees need to be pollinated," Cote told AFP

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