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Rooftop bees not a fad here.

by Jan Schlain

posted 8/13/2010

"I'm wearing myself out," says Mark Hodesh, owner of Downtown Home & Garden. Hodesh has been getting more exercise lately escorting customers--mostly moms and kids--upstairs to see the beehive he has on his back rooftop. Since the back part of his store is only one story, from the second-floor storage area people can look out the window and see the bees at work.

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