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URBAN BEEKEEPERS CREATING A BUZZ
Beekeeper Rich Wieske started with two hives in downtown Detroit. Now he manages more than one hundred throughout the city and its suburbs. (Photo courtesy of Rich Wieske, by Rebecca Cook)
Honeybees are dying. Sometimes entire hives are dying and scientists can't figure out exactly why. Some people are trying to help, and one of the ways they're helping is by becoming beekeepers. Rebecca Williams reports there are some beekeepers who actually raise bees in big cities:
More about Rich Wieske’s passion for beekeeping
Producer: Rebecca Williams
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Running Time: 3:29