MSG-Madison Square Garden is abuzz-
“Each hive has a queen bee and approximately 40,000 worker bees between them.”
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Madison Square Garden is abuzz: The home of the Knicks and Rangers just added another quick, high-flying squad to their roster.
The building is now housing two beehives on the sixth floor rooftop — and the action will be visible to fans from the official team store windows on that same level.
Each hive has a queen bee and approximately 40,000 worker bees between them.
“It’s the world’s most famous arena,” MSG general manager Clinton Neils told The Post. “And we will now be the world’s most famous beehive.”
The new tenants come courtesy of a collaboration with Best Bees, a company that installs and maintains hives in urban areas to preserve and grow the honey bee population.
“We have fewer bees and insects in our environment than ever before, so we are on a mission to save the bees,” Best Bees co-founder and CEO Noah Wilson-Rich told The Post.
The company is in 14 cities and also services hives on other iconic Big Apple rooftops, such as the MetLife and Chrysler buildings, but this is their first arena.
“We were intrigued by the opportunity, and after understanding the impact on the environment, it was something we wanted to do,” said Neils, adding that they will look for creative ways to utilize the bees going forward, such as potentially using the honey they produce in the food sold at the concession stands.
“But right now, we want to make sure the fans know they are there. We have the Knicks, the Rangers and now the honey bees,” said Neils.
Two weeks ago, a beekeeper from Best Bees — which has an operation center in Long Island City — transported the locally bred stingers to the loading dock and up to their new abode on the sixth floor rooftop overlooking Moynihan Train Hall and Eighth Avenue. Read more from NY Post.
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