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 do really well here, says David Graves, who has hundreds of thousands of honeybees in seven hives in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan. There are so many parks and gardens and rooftop flowerpots. Even if it's dry, they can get the water they need from the East River.