and urban bees win, well from the likes of this article they do! The national bee-keeping body has recently reported high mortality in the country near corn, sunflower and rapeseed fields. Bee deaths across Europe have been 30 to 35 per cent higher than average since the 1980s. French figures show that bees in urban areas produce about twice the amount of honey as rural ones. Similar figures are reported from New York. Via article: Paris rooftops swarm with bees as urban honey industry takes off … [Read more...]