If one Brooklyn city councilman has his way, the pollen in Prospect Park will no longer be going to waste. Councilman David Yassky is trying to decriminalize beekeping in the borough of Brooklyn, ensuring that the now-illegal urban beekeepers (of whom there are apparently about two dozen in Brooklyn) can ply their trade in the open--and legally sell the resulting local honey.

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