To the editor: As a beekeeper with greater than 40 years of expertise, I used to be astonished to see the anti-beekeeping letter from a Individuals for the Moral Therapy of Animals employees member. The analogy she used, of theft of a household’s canned items, is fake.
In wildflower-rich locations like a lot of California, bees have the capability to retailer an amazing quantity of surplus honey. That is made doable by the beekeeper’s cautious administration of the hive.
Periodically, the beekeeper removes that surplus honey. The beekeeper bottles that surplus honey, storing it for human use, whereas leaving honey within the hive for future use by the bees.
Beekeeping is the cautious administration of an insect that produces honey, a substance that makes our lives sweeter. With out beekeeping, not solely would we not have honey, we’d additionally not have at the least one-third of our meals provides. Pollination by honey bees is liable for all the things from beef (alfalfa is bee-pollinated) to watermelons.
The skewed viewpoint by members of PETA is harmful. It’s anti-science and dangerous to our meals provides. The vegan way of life promoted by PETA is very depending on managed beekeeping, as honey bees pollinate many, if not most, of our fruits, seeds, nuts and greens.
Nancy Steele, Altadena
