Bees

When wildlife biologist Natasha Garcia-Andersen was asked to write the regulations for beekeepers in D.C. back in 2012, her first thought was, people are keeping bees in DC? At the time, it seemed strange that D.C. might also be home to…

On an evening in late March, Jan Day is standing outside her red brick rowhouse in Capitol Hill holding a white helmet fastened with black netting. Day’s 8-year-old airedale terrier, Echo, barks as she strolls past the garden, toward the…

WASHINGTON — The District provides plenty of good street-level sights. There are attention-grabbing monuments, fountains, and displays in store windows. Both locals and tourists alike, however, may not know there is a thriving rooftop…