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This July 7, 2011 photo shows a bee colony from a hive at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.
Friday, Mar. 16, 2012

Open quoteBees have replaced penguins or whales as the fashionable environmental cause. Close quote

  • JIM FISCHER,
  • mentor-in-chief of NYCBeekeeping, the city's largest beekeeping group. The number of beekeepers in New York has quadrupled since the ban on keeping bees was lifted two years ago, figures show.
Photo: Dean Fosdick / AP | Source: Guardian