Re: food gardening up or down? - Farmers Market

**Jeff Ball j*@usol.com**

I raised bees in the suburbs of Philadelphia for a few years.  I used  
to tend to them in shorts and a tee shirt.  In two years I was stung  
three times and every time was my fault.  I can't imagine a city  
banning bees.   this world is getting crazier and crazier.

Jeff Ball
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On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:32 PM, MARGARET LAUTERBACH wrote:

There seems to be a movement afoot to outlaw bees.  Our city council  
(Boise, ID) has outlawed beekeeping within the city limits, so if one  
lives within a mile and a half of the city limits, they should be  
able to have bee activity to pollinate fruit trees.  I live near the  
edge of the city, but between me and the city limits are an  
interstate, airport and National Guard base, no beekeepers among  
them.  I know there are other pollinators, but the leafcutters and  
beneficial insects don't come out until later.  It's too late for the  
mason bees because they've already hatched.  I know there are  
individuals who are allergic to bee stings, but how often do they  
really sting?  Can't an epi pen save a life?  Must these people  
banish bees just because they don't want to carry an epi pen?  I  
haven't been stung by a bee for 65 years.

Other factors limiting home orchards and veggie gardens are  
developers' restrictions that are worked into covenants (no flowers  
in the front yard, etc.) and the small lot sizes for McMansions that  
limit sunlight.  Margaret Lauterbach

   Jeff's comments seem to be on target, but there are additional  
factors
   involved in the decision to plant vegetable gardens or home orchards.

   The cost of land/housing in California and the increasing cost of
   potable water are influencing what people devote to landscape/food
   production considering the limited lots sizes of ($550,000) median  
price
   housing in San Diego.

   Anyone else have some observations or comments?

   Claude Sweet
   San Diego, CA

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