The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did

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1. I was curious about this. It became viral a few times over the years to help bees and become a keeper. I suspect it’s way over done and now consequences arise. However it shouldn’t of happen in the first place due to its negative invasive aspect. Alas such is life.

2. “If you want to help a variety of bees, the best way is to plant flowers that bloom sequentially from early spring to late autumn – even if you only have a window box or pots on a patio. Avoid gardening with chemicals, and leave areas undisturbed where solitary bees and bumblebees can nest. But don’t take up beekeeping. I now work with companies to install and maintain bee-friendly gardens and bee hotels for solitary bees on office rooftops across London, and I educate people about how they can help wild bees at home.”

3. Of course nature doesn’t need us… It’s just that the business of bee-keeping and honey-making is a lucrative one. Beekeeping gear and tools are quite expensive and of course the honey harvests can be very lucrative. Which ever aspect of the bee-keeping or honey-making process someone undertakes, it’ll be profitable. And where there are profits to be made, humans are gonna human… Resource exploitation and farming seem to be our defaults when we need something to do

4. My mom got Mason bees set up since they’re a struggling local species here in the PNW.

5. My town just passed a new ordinance allowing backyard hives 🫤