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From rooftops to honey jars, Athens is abuzz with urban beekeeping
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nikos Chatzilias spends his days tending to buzzing bee colonies with a unique view out over the rooftops of Greece’s capital.
He is among the dozens of Athenians who have embraced urban beekeeping to support local ecosystems, reconnect with nature and enjoy honey flavored by each neighborhood’s local plants and flowers.
Varying tastes of Athens honey, he explained, come from the proportion of eucalyptus, acacia and bitter orange present in different areas of the city, plus other flora.
Urban beekeeping is neither new around the world nor in Athens.
Urban beekeeping entails hauling heavy hives up staircases to the rooftops for the spring and down again before winter sets in.