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Beekeeping in New York City was legalized on March 16, 2010.

Andrew Coté on the roof of the Bridge Café in Manhattan. He managed 5 hives at this location until the building was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2017.
Andrew Coté checks a frame of bees. He is a third generation beekeeper, founder of the NYC Beekeepers Association and the non-profit Bees Without Borders.
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Andrew and his father on a rooftop near Washington Square Park in New York City.
Alicia Glawin with her bees. She keeps her hives in a friend's backyard in Brooklyn, NY. It is her first year keeping bees.
Beekeeper Andrew Coté captures a swarm of bees that came to rest in a tree in the Greenpoint neighbourhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
A captured swarm.
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Sammy Elchert tends to his bees in Harlem, NY.
A queen bee is visible with members of her colony.
Andrew Coté maintains hives throughout New York City.
BJ Fredricks checks on her backyard bee hive in Brooklyn, New York. It is BJ's second year keeping bees.
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Beekeeper Vivian Chan on the roof of the Bridge Café.

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