'Turning open streets into habitats': Bee hotels create safety for at-risk bees in NYC

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York City is battling collapsing bee colonies by installing bee hotels and bunkers for at-risk bee populations around the city, the Department of Transportation announced on Thursday. 

“Turning public plazas and open streets into habitats for at-risk bees is brilliant and exactly the type of innovative environmental model we love to support,” said Anthony C. Wood, executive director of the Ittleson Foundation. “Proving it works in New York City will mean it can...