Honeybees and Chickens in the Backyard

Of all domestic food-producing animals honeybees are special They can legally trespass!

If cows, pigs, sheep or even chickens wander off a property without permission an angry neighbor might be calling up Bees are different They’ll zip upwards of three miles to collect nectar and pollen They buzz over fences and property lines to gather food for their larvae and to make into honey Honeybees even thrive in New York City Local beekeepers tend hives on building roofs far above the street The industrious insects forage in parks and on domestic flowers