re: #451 Killgore Trout

A Bountiful Buzz

Pretty impressive.

Not bad. Bees are probably pretty productive in DC - there aren’t any competing commercial hives, and wild populations have been decimated by mites and the still puzzling Colony Collapse Disorder.

Not to be a buzzkill, but I’d question eating honey produced in a major metropolitan area like DC. High concentrations of pollution and widespread use of residential (an commercial) pesticides tend to get concentrated in honey, and I don’t think the White House grounds are large enough to support the hive on their own.

All very nice, but I’ve watched this same sort of enthusiasm for gardening cycle from bust to boom back to bust again more than once, with the collapse brought on largely by hyper-inflated expectations. There just aren’t that many people around with a professional gardening staff, including beekeepers, at their disposal, and the resulting yields are paltry in comparison with the work involved for most people.