Melissa Devaughn/Alaska Star, via Associated Press - Nomura is working on the project with the Golden Company, which runs job training programs for young people in London.

Nomura in London has a way to sweeten its client negotiations.

The Japanese bank, which bought the European business of Lehman Brothers in 2008, said it was installing two beehives on the roof of its European headquarters in London. About 80,000 bees are to start producing honey there next month.

Nomura plans to brand the honey with the bank logo and serve it at client breakfast meetings and other events, a spokeswoman said.

The bees are part of a charity project in cooperation with The Golden Company, which runs job training programs for young people in London. Golden Company members would harvest the honey from Nomura’s roof in the middle of London’s financial district and then raise money by selling it to the bank.

Earlier this year, Nomura moved into the offices, which overlook the Thames River, from Lehman’s former offices in Canary Wharf.