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NYC health officials decide to allow beekeeping
Quick ReadUrban beekeepers in NYC no longer have to secretly tend hives on rooftops, in gardens
(AP) — Urban beekeepers in New York City no longer have to keep the honey of their labors a secret.
The city's Board of Health has decided to allow beekeeping in the city after a long ban.
Some New Yorkers have secretly tended bee hives on rooftops and in backyard gardens for years in defiance of city regulations.
The health code had previously lumped in bees with other dangerous...
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