請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題    Bees and France have a long history together. In the 1800s, Napoleon Bonaparte chose the bee as a symbol ofFrance. In the same century, in 1865, the beekeeping school of Luxembourg Gardens in Paris was started. At that timethere were around 2,000 beehives in the city. After that the numbers went down for some time, but beekeeping hasbecome popular again recently. Now there are over 700 hives in Paris. Some of these hives are actually on the roofs offamous Parisian buildings such as Notre Dame, the Opéra Garnier, and the Grand Palais. Others are kept on the roofsof famous hotels and restaurants such as the Mandarin-Oriental. Down below in the kitchens, chefs use the uniquehoney to make tasty desserts.    The most amazing part of the bees and their honey is not even where they live. It is the amount, the quality, and theflavor of the honey. First, city bees make three to five times more honey than country bees. This may be because thereare no pesticides in the parks and gardens in Paris. Rural French beekeepers lose up to 40 percent of their hives eachyear because of disease, pesticides, and other causes. However, urban beekeepers lose less than five percent.    “That’s interesting,” you might be thinking, “but isn’t there a lot of pollution in Paris?” In fact, the pollution doesnot seem to affect the honey. Parisian honey was tested for 30 kinds of pollution, and none was found.    As for the taste, Parisian bees have many different kinds of flowers and exotic plants to choose from. In thecountryside, however, there is usually only one type of plant. The flowers in Paris give the honey a special taste likecherry or bubblegum. Although the honey is popular, it is quite expensive.    Beekeepers in Paris face some small problems. For instance, if there are too many hives in one area, the bees mightnot have enough food. Therefore, beekeepers must work together and spread out their hives. Another problem is bees inrestaurants. One beekeeper had to remove his hives from the roof of a restaurant after his bees started drinking from theflower vases. However, most problems can be avoided if beekeepers are responsible.
41 According to the passage, how many beehives are there in Paris now?
(A)Over 700
(B)1800s
(C)1900s
(D)Around 2000