Comments on: Not Cool! Bees at Hayes Valley Farm in San Francisco Attacked

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:48:02 +0000

[…] can cause conflict in city neighborhoods, as when a small urban farm in San Francisco had their beehives attacked.Many beekeepers are simply gardeners who want bees to pollinate their flowers and vegetables. […]

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:21:05 +0000

Oh dear, that is heartbreaking. I had something similar happen, but not with my bees. I like in a complex where we have a communal garden area. I grew all sorts of veggies and berries this year. We were lucky enough to have a lovely endangered species of ladybug in our garden, but one of our neighbor decided to take it upon himself to spray very harmful pesticide on some of our plants to kill ants. It not only killed many of the ladybugs, but it made many of our crops inedible. It was heartbreaking. We are slowly trying to rebuild the little ecosystem we had going in our tiny plot.

By: Amy DuFault

Amy DuFault — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:20 +0000

I agree with Sarah though it could be they were just plain idiots.

By: Sarah Supernova

Sarah Supernova — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:23:39 +0000

It seems like it may have been someone with an irrational fear of bees, thinking that they are pesky and dangerous…afraid of getting stung. Very very sad. 🙁

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:18:21 +0000

This is so sad. Clearly the rehabilitation of bee keeping with the mainstream population has a long way to go.