It's finally happened! After decades of secret beekeeping, city apiarists can finally harvest honey and pollinate their plants legally, because the bee ban has been lifted, reports the AP. In a meeting today the city's Board of Health discussed the decades-old law, and decided that because bee stings in the city are relatively infrequent, it's safe to allow the keeping of a nonaggressive honeybees. A ban on animals deemed too dangerous for city life still applies to other creatures, including hedgehogs and ferrets. more ›

If only Game Stop stocked beekeeper outfits in addition to video games: Yesterday afternoon around 2 p.m., thousands of bees decided to hang out outside the store in Union Square. A "bee watcher" told WABC 7, "When I got here, there was already like a thousand bees in there." Employees were left to close the store—with themselves inside and the bees outside—and one worker put up a sign, "Look! ... closed due to bee infestation." more ›