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How an Urban Beekeeper Spends His Sundays

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I found this article about my airbnb host of 2018 from New York Times by chance. It's an article written three years ago, I just read it for studying English. It wasn't difficult to read, but just a kind of story about one day (weekend) of an urban beekeeper...? :) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/nyregion/beekeeping-nyc-Astor-Apiaries.html exhilaration 신남, 흥분감 forages 사료 B.Q.E. 브루클린-퀸즈 고속화 도로 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) as opposed to ~와는 대조적으로, ~이 아니라 sting 쏘다 venom 독 elicit 끌어내다 surge 급증 pollinate 수분(가루받이)하다 pollinator 꽃가루 매개체, 수분자, 화분의 공급원이 되는 식물 During self-checkout I ran into him and said hello. There was sort of "give and take" as I brought a big pack of Korean traditional crispy snack as a gift for the host and left it on the table when I left the place. I mentioned that to him just in case somebody else cleaning the place could've taken it. He said, "just wait a minute," and got into his place and when he was b...