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A Census With Stingers: Counting New York’s Bee Population
wsj ^ | June 10, 2010 | Benjamin Popper

Posted on 06/10/2010 3:45:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono

When Susan Baxter stops to smell the roses, she has a higher purpose in mind.

“On the sidewalks or in parks, wherever I go these days, I stop and count the bees,” says Baxter, a investment associate at UBS. In her own backyard on the Lower East Side, she sometimes spends an hour sipping cocktails and counting bees. “My neighbors all think I’m a weirdo.”

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