Richmond Hill won’t let Toronto enjoy its Bee City accolades alone. The suburb’s Hillcrest Mall has just become what’s believed to be the first Canadian shopping centre to install beehives on its roof, in an effort to protect pollinators and encourage more bee farming in the communities. It’s exciting.”The two hives are part of the mall’s green roof, and have the capacity to house at least 10,000 bees each. They’re expected to produce about 200 small jars of honey, which the mall management will probably donate as part of its community outreach or use it to create an indoor honey market, Resnic said. Apiarists across Canada have been decrying the decline in bee population, mainly blaming the use of pesticides in the agricultural businesses.

Source: thestar June 07, 2017 21:22 UTC