Video: Alaskan Restaurant Turns Rooftop Hive Into Honey Source

KTUU-TV, 8/21/2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The weather these last few months has had tourists and locals buzzing about the summer here in Anchorage.

But there's a different kind of buzz going on in the Downtown area thanks to a local restaurant and its army of workers.

Anchorage has been fortunate -- the weather has been unbelievable and the sun always draws residents and tourists alike to Downtown.

Hanging baskets full of flowers adorn the streets as folks leisurely stroll by, but, unbeknownst to the people, there are thousands of workers just above their heads.

Orso restaurant imported a flying army to Alaska this spring -- 6,000 bees. John Howard tends the hive, which he says at its peak had some 80,000 bees…