The Buzz: Busy bees in Boston

Buzarre announcement from the people at Boston's InterContinental Hotel:

In late June 2010, InterContinental Boston launched a rooftop beehive, home at first to 10,000 bees which has now grown to a colony of more than 40,000. In September will be the harvest for all the work these busy bees have put in over the past months. It is anticipated that about 40 lbs of honey will be collected.

According to the hotel, the bees have been pollinating flowers within a 4-mile radius of the hotel, covering much of the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

The InterContinental's Miel restaurant is having a special dinner on September 21st to celebrate its honey harvest. ("Miel" is French for honey ...)

Photo from the hotel's press release