This Awl interview with New York City's top apiarist is full of delights.
Evidently it is bee swarm season in NYC.
Evidently it is bee swarm season in NYC.
Bees need to propogate their species by splitting the hive. Just like when Lucifer left heaven and took a third of the angels with him, so the queen bee takes a third or half of the bees with her when she departs the original hive.








