CHICAGO — Among the wildflowers and native grasses in the garden atop Chicago's city hall stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come and go in patterns more graceful, but just as busy, as the traffic on the street 11 stories below.
Amid bee die-off, healthy hives thrive in cities
Friday, July 29, 2011 | 1:57 p.m. CDT
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