Not bad but I keep thinking, sure it is stupid to poke the hive with a stick but what if the bees keep stinging in spite of leaving them alone. Any way you look at it it's worth a try.
Perhaps and I suspect we will, eventually be of one mind (99% there will always be holdouts) on this issue. If we do not become of one mind I guess it will still be okay since that will mean that the problem is not critical. Like now, the problem is worrisome but not critical at this moment.
I'm not personally planning to poke any hives but I did have to remove a beehive in my backyard last year. I inquired on getting them professionally removed and found that there are no friendly bee keepers that come and take them away, only exterminators and they were prohibitively expensive. Not knowing how to go about it, I started out slow but quickly caught on to it and soon the bees were gone.
It swings on whether the particular type of bee can be domesticated and if they are satisfied with being left alone.
In the case of my backyard bees they insisted on damaging my garage and stinging my grandchildren. The stinging was based on proximity and not poking with a stick
I hope it works out okay. I don't relish the idea of a world where we all agree that we are better off without bees. Better we breed the sting out of them or leave them to their privacy.
I have to say that I fear the mutual privacy idea is an unlikely long term solution.
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- Making sense of the Muslim outrage over the cartoons.
- They do not understand "Freedom of the Press".
- The more I think about it.
- One Muslim's view:
- "Jesus in a gay bar, with a "Jesus is a fag" caption. I would imagine that fundamental Christians would be outraged."
- re: Da Vinci's Last Supper
- While it was in poor taste, Freedom of the Press permits it.
- I find this hilarious....
- No religion is truthful, and therefore should never trump freedom of expression
- I think they were offensive to Christians.
- Your ignorance of the story of Mohammed is astounding.
- re: Thanks for the information oh most Knowledgable One.
- In reply to the post by the smearer of Catholics, below:
- oh, so you're actually denying the massacre at Medina are you?
- there is some debate about Muhammed yes...but most sources agree he owned slaves, made war, ordered assasinations, and killed jews.
- quite correct
- You're welcome. It comes courtesy of a Hungarian refugee who served in the Hungarian foreign service in Turkey.
- In reply to the post by the smearer of Catholics, below:
- re: Thanks for the information oh most Knowledgable One.
- Your ignorance of the story of Mohammed is astounding.
- Thoughtul post, thanks