It's finally happened! After decades of secret beekeeping, city apiarists can finally harvest honey and pollinate their plants legally, because the bee ban has been lifted, reports the AP. In a meeting today the city's Board of Health discussed the decades-old law, and decided that because bee stings in the city are relatively infrequent, it's safe to allow the keeping of a nonaggressive honeybees. A ban on animals deemed too dangerous for city life still applies to other creatures, including hedgehogs and ferrets.
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