Thoughts on building a healthier
beekeeping future – It can be easy for beekeepers to become discouraged these days, but there are reasons to be optimistic and to keep the faith especially when we resolve to learn from nature.
In previous articles I have pointed out the immense life-threatening problems that we face: from the burning of fossil fuels, the reliance on toxic pesticides in agriculture, the dramatic decline in biodiversity and the extractive economic system that helps drive it all. It can be hard to wrap our heads around the fact that our current approach to life will have to end if we are going to have any chance of survival in the long run. It is difficult to visualize such a transition and what the potential future might look like on the other side.
