Lessons from the Bees: The Rooftop Hives of Central Tokyo

The Ginza Honey Bee Project set up its hives on the Kami Parupu Kaikan building.

Flight range of the Ginza honeybees.

A beekeeper removes a frame packed with honey from a hive.

Members of the Ginza Honey Bee Project meet once a week to harvest honey. The nonprofit organization now has 150 members.

Raw honey harvested on April 30, 2016, produced from the nectar of tochinoki (Japanese horse chestnuts) and wisteria (left); Ginza honey for sale under the Ginpachi label (right).

A cocktail made with Yoshino cherry honey from the Ginza project.