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The Fairmont Royal York's Festive Buzz

Where: 100 Front Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5J 1E3

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We know all about the 40,000 bees living atop the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, but we had no idea that they could give us a really good buzz.

The three beehives on the hotel's rooftop terrace produce up to 700 pounds of honey every year. And that honey goes directly into the hotel's cocktails. Ok well, not all of it and not directly but the hotel's Festive Buzz champagne drink does include about 1/4 oz of Royal York Honey, giving the bubbly a little sweet kick. Mmmmm....

The recipe for the Festive Buzz is after the jump.

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Fairmont Royal York Has 40,000 Bees, Like, On Purpose

Where: 100 Front Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5J 1E3

While some hotel staffers are busying themselves finding new and innovative ways to charge insane hidden fees, others are ... harvesting their own honey on the roof of their big-city hotel, if you can believe it.

Here's something we haven't heard of before (we'll spare you the "buzz" puns): Toronto's Fairmont Royal York has added three beehives to its rooftop terrace (where the hotel already grows its own herbs and veggies) that will produce up to 700 pounds of honey every year. Sweet! (Ha! Sweet! Get it?)

And in a display of cuteness so sweet it almost stings (ha - again!), the hotel has named the hives the Honey Moon Suite, The Royal Sweet and the V.I. Bee Suite.

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