Rooftop Bees Part1 Downtown

摘要

Rooftop apiaries are probably the signature image of urban beekeeping. Downtown, we are often short on personal space, and long on neighbors, but the sky is wide open. City rooftops have surprising benefits for both bees and their minders, though likeevery other hive site, local features will have a lot to do with both upside and downside of skyside beekeeping.There is one major advantage to urban roofs that needs to be mentioned right away: despite any concerns we may cover here, the presence of large, increasingly green city rooftops means that almost any urban dweller should be able to find a safe and healthy place to partner up with Apis mellifera!