Urban beekeeper Ray Sage uses a brush to gentle remove bees from the queen cage before placing her in the hive on the rooftop of the Sixth Street Community Center, Friday, April 9, 2021, in the East Village neighborhood of New York. Once a year in early spring, beekeeper and breeder Andrew Cote, owner of Andrew's Local Honey, distributes packages of Italian honey bees to urban beekeepers in the New York metropolitan area. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)