In March 2010, New York City's Department of Health voted to lift a decade-long ban on beekeeping within city limits. Apis mellifera, the common honeybee, had previously been lumped in with mountain lions, jackals, snapping turtles, cobras (even if devenomized), and many other wild animals deemed "naturally inclined to do harm and capable of inflicting harm upon human beings."
In lifting its ban, the department specifically recognized Apis mellifera as "non-aggressive." Be that as it may, on a summer afternoon they had these samples of local peaches all to themselves.
Greenmarket honeybees
Union Square
