Jangchub expounded:

Unfortunately bees travel up to two miles for pollen and since clover
is starting to dissappear rapidly as we make McMansions everywhere,
the bees are in peril. The only way to insure organic honey is to
have an enclosure for the bees which are making the honey. It's so
sad what's happening to bees. Soon there will be none and goodbye
food.

Yes, it is sad, however, there are many beekeepers out there trying
really hard to figure it all out and ensure that the bees continue. It
is a complex problem with many angles - one thing that rings true
throughout all of this mess is our bees are like the canary in a coal
mine - their ailments are trying to tell us something! I'm beginning
to have just a glimmer of hope that the tide is ever so gradually
turning.....I hope it turns before it's too late.
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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