Bees in cities are two to three times more productive than in the country for lack of their natural predators: skunks, bears and mice.

A bee covered with pollen on a red flower in the Luxembourg Gardens. Since the end of the 1850s the jardin du Luxembourg has a garden of bee-hives, where courses in apiculture are offered.

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A bee covered with pollen on a red flower in the Luxembourg Gardens. Since the end of the 1850s the jardin du Luxembourg has a garden of bee-hives, where courses in apiculture are offered.