As a part of my routine when I work one of my part time jobs. I stimuate the local economy in the town I work and head to the local breakfast counter where all the worlds problems are attempted to be solved. One of the local farmers throws the paper at me and says “Look at this! Honeybee Terror in Maine! What are we going to do?!”
I said, well, lets start with the farm bureau blog and see where that goes. The long and the short of the story, which I will post below, is about a Southern Maine community that wants to “regulate” the ability for people to have honeybees at their homes.
I have always had the thought that when something is regulated then its only a matter of time before it is banned or more red tape is placed so that things cannot be easier to manage. So, I guess my question is that the people who are afraid of these honey bees, have they ever eaten an apple before? Anyone had honey mustard before? Where do you suppose that comes from? Do they not know the importance of pollination?
At a time when honeybees are having a hard time in repoduction wouldn’t you think we could use a surplus? Even better at a time when gasoline is $4.00 a gallon and grocery prices have gone up, wouldn’t you think that people should be able to raise their own food effectively?
As a maple producer, I am concerned with these type of ordinances. Im not sure where the right to farm law comes into place, but I think that society should really look at what we are going and what we are doing. Just today there was a story about surviving this winter and with heating oil on a rise people are going to burn more wood, but yet wood prices keep going up. Perhaps people will be doing the lost art of “canning” more this year to save money on the other end?
Click on this link for the whole story.
I welcome your input.