OFF/"rule of thumb" and other MEATY topix

[Richard Lockwood]

>
> > Forgive me for my ignorance but don't Honey Bees die after the
> > season anyway - how can it be wrong therefore to allow nature
> > to take it's course ??
> >
> They very well may--in nature.  I believe the argument against
> keeping bees may rest on the notion of artificially maintaining a
> habitat stricly for human use, thereby 'enslaving' the bees for human
> use.  IOW, we humans create huge colonies that wouldn't nec. occur
> in nature.  Sooo...generations of bees exist and die in the name of
> sweetening one's coffee!

If you sweeten your coffee (gag, hack) with honey.  Colonies of bees are
maintained by feeding them through bad winters.  Bees do produce more honey
than is generally required by a colony, and can be taken out without
detriment to that colony.  If, through a bad season, not enough honey is
produced, the honey will not be taken, and the bees will be sustained by
being provided with sugar water.

Vegetarians?  Pah.  What about vegetable rights?  Trees have feelings too
you know.  I know, let's all eat rocks.

Rich.


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