I’ve had a ton of people asking if I’m going to keep bees as part of my homestead, and I have to explain that while somewhat useful, they aren’t native and so I don’t want them. Only way I’d be willing to keep honey bees is if they are completely contained in my greenhouses, and frankly that’s a lot of work I’m not willing to do.

People tend to get confused until I tell them about the dozens of native bees and other pollinators that are struggling to maintain populations in the region… I want to encourage those to hang out by my crops. They need a lot less from me, and are significantly more useful because they belong there.