D.C. bees

Urban beekeepers, who prowl their rooftops in full beekeeper regalia, are becoming chic in the nation's capital, and their semi-secret society is less so, given the growing popularity of their peculiar and ancient hobby.

The White House recently added a hive to the South Lawn, and the Fairmont Hotel in the West End started two hives on its rooftop. Read more

Visit www.washingtonpost.com/dc to see video of the Fairmont hotel bees and their keepers.

Africanized honey bees move north

They used to be called killer bees, after a cross-breeding experiment went awry between European and African bees in Brazil, back in 1957. The bees have been cross-breeding and became tamer as they moved north, reaching Texas in 1990, and Utah this past February. Africanized honey bees are no friend to local bee keepers. They don't make much honey and they are aggressive. A hive of Africanized honey bees has been discovered in Cedar City. The bees survived the winter indoors, in the eaves of a house but are running out of tricks in their attempt to make the trip north.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Africanized-bees-move-north-in-Utah/f4Jf28z0aEG9WD1GCYn0vg.cspx

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