One million honeybees to colonise the City
Ruth Bloomfield12 April 2012
The Square Mile will be buzzing with the sound of about a million extra honeybees this year.
Some 20 hives, each supporting up to 50,000 bees, will be installed in spring at schools, churches, banks and historic buildings in a £25,000 project for the City of London Festival (21 June to 9 July).
The City of London Corporation will provide plants for the bees to feed on and the first honey should be ready to harvest by the end of June.
Beekeepers will train bank staff and pupils to tend the hives.
Festival director Ian Ritchie said: "There is a parallel between collapsing bee colonies and issues within the financial community which we could not resist."
