Bill Brower, program manager at D.C. Water, checks on the health of a honey bee colony on the roof of a water-treatment building. It’s on the inside of the 15 blue and white bee hives in front of them. “Normally, you don’t associate wastewater treatment plants with something sweet,” conceded D.C. Water spokesman Vincent Morris. In Virginia, George Mason University launched its Honey Bee Initiative in 2012. Morris said the winged residents have proved to be “remarkably tame” — more focused on their work than on tangling with D.C. Water workers.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 22:04 UTC