MOUNT CARMEL — The 100 block of North Locust Street was closed to pedestrian and motor-vehicle traffic for about three hours Wednesday evening as police officers attempted to coax a
A mall in Halifax is now home to a rooftop beehive, inhabiting tens of thousands of bees, as part of a project to create a safe space for the insects in an urban environment.
Halifax Shopping Centre is buzzing this spring with the arrival of busy new tenants. The mall has joined forces with urban beekeeping partner Alvéole to install honeybee hives on its rooftop.
Bees, along with billions of other pollinators, are essential to the plants we rely on for food. In fact, bees, bats, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators produce about $40 billion worth of goods including textiles and medicine.