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Can urban beehives increase food production?





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    May 21 2013: It's is obvious that we need bees more than they need us! I think that the United States should definitely develop some kind of urban beekeeping industry. Why wouldn't the people of this nation not want to do anything in their power to save these number one insects who ensure our food production is at its maximum. As said in previous comments, pollinators like bees increase the production of our leading crops. To answer the question asking if the positive outcomes for the urban beekeeping industry will out weigh the negatives my answer would be...can we risk not doing anything to save these important factors for food production in the future ? What will happen if bees do go extinct to the food production because of our exponential human growth ?
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      May 22 2013: That's definitely a good point. It's not as though we have a choice about whether to produce more food, global population is continuing to grow steadily. We'll need to do everything we can to produce adequate food, so by helping the bees we can really help ourselves!

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