The honey bee, whose problems we’ve heard so much about in recent years, forms a key partnership with farmers and agriculture. Yet, in a misguided effort to “save the bees,” New York’s Legislature is now considering measures that will drive a wedge between beekeepers and farmers, potentially damaging to both. More than four decades of professional experience in beekeeping and bee research has convinced me that the Legislature’s ill-conceived solution, based on a misdiagnosis of the problem, will only make things worse for everyone, including the very bees we want to save. Read more.
