Beekeeping Fad

“Beekeeping Fad And The Stress Of Traveling Is Harmful To Bees,” By Hank Campbell.
Are bees in peril or not? It’s difficult to know, because the moment science declares one thing not an issue (example: neonicotinoid targeted pesticides), environmental groups move the goalposts and declare something else is the problem. When honey bees were shown to be unaffected, groups proposed that wild bees were the big concern, and if amateur record-keeping and a Bayesian estimate agrees, they declare the science settled. If a world-class entomologist does a good, controlled study of bees, it is ignored. Read more.