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Bees are not aggressive unless you invade their home or step on them, Kennedy says. Find out on Saturday, Feb. 8, at a free two-hour lecture hosted online by Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers (A2B2). Read: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers offers beekeeping classesA2B2 speaker coordinator and liaison Anne Barratt-Fornell said that when the organization held the same lecture last month, community members were so enthusiastic that the Zoom call quickly exceeded its participant limit. AdFor the lecture this Saturday, the organization is ready to speak with up to 500 potential beekeepers. Find the Zoom link and more information about the free lecture here.

Many businesses are struggling because of the coronavirus epidemic -- and restaurants and bars have been hit especially hard. One bright spot for the industry has been outdoor dining, but with winter around the corner, restaurant owners are wondering how long they can keep going. "The winter is going to be tough.”An estimated 100,000 restaurants have closed and not all of them will reopen. “A lot of restaurants have used outdoor dining or expanded outdoor dining as a small lifeline to allow them to keep their doors open,” Kennedy said. The group is pushing lawmakers to approve tax credits for restaurants to help improve the safety of indoor dining.

They and their colleagues have been deemed essential workers by the District of Columbia government in the middle of a pandemic. Kennedy looks down a fence line while Gleeson walks across the street and past a few houses. The truck moves slowly as they scan fences, trees, and rooflines all places where bee swarms might stop. Back out on the street, Kennedy and Gleeson collected their swarm in a specially designed white cardboard box. Collecting swarms of bees is challenging at any time, even more so during a pandemic.