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If you're in New York and there's a bees nest that needs dealing with you can call the police. You can do that thanks to one former police officer who, on top of the kind of crime fighting duties you'd expect, had a more unusual role. His name is Anthony 'Tony Bees' Planakis and Colm Flynn has been to meet him.

Image: Close-up of a bee
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