Bears are nonexistent.
Skunks are rare.
Rats, pigeons and humans, though plentiful, are reluctant to approach. New York City, it turns out, is a great place to be a bee. They mind their own beeswax, too, and don't go around stinging sidewalk-bound New Yorkers, Graves insists. The hives are on rooftops as high as 12 stories to keep them undisturbed .