Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
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Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#2I've seen people calling him out the use of the word "sanctuary" and suggesting that this is really just sanctuary for taxes, not bees.
As a pre-emptive counterargument, there's nothing saying that all 124 acres of his ranch can or should host bees. There are tons of arguments for not wanting the hives near the house, other outbuildings, or anywhere animals are kept, for example. It may be that only 26 acres or so (assuming a 1:1 hive:acreage ratio) have flowering plants etc. that are hospitable to bees, even.
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#5Is this website a source we can trust? I've looked at a couple other articles and it looked a bit sketchy.
Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#6Is this website a source we can trust? I've looked at a couple other articles and it looked a bit sketchy.
You can just google the headline and you will find a Forbes article about it.
Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#7I've seen people calling him out the use of the word "sanctuary" and suggesting that this is really just sanctuary for taxes, not bees. As a pre-emptive counterargument, there's nothing saying that all 124 acres of his ranch can or should host bees. There are tons of arguments for not wanting the hives near the house, other outbuildings, or anywhere animals are kept, for example. It may be that only 26 acres or so (a…
I've yet to see an argument for why using tax incentives to coerce good outcomes from people is even a bad thing
Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#8Near my house there is what you could call a insect ”sanctuary”. When it was established a few tears ago we kind of shrug our shoulders and did not think much of it. But the amount of new flowers and insects popping up, not only inside but also around the area is astonishing.
I almost see it as a positive feedback loop with more insects, better pollination, more diverse flowers, more insects...
Just as pesticides could create a negative feedback loop.
Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#9Near my house there is what you could call a insect ”sanctuary”. When it was established a few tears ago we kind of shrug our shoulders and did not think much of it. But the amount of new flowers and insects popping up, not only inside but also around the area is astonishing. I almost see it as a positive feedback loop with more insects, better pollination, more diverse flowers, more insects... Just as pesticides cou…
Could you describe the sanctuary nearby? We live on a typical city lot, and I am going to try to become a mini-sanctuary over the next few years and would love working examples.
Re: Morgan Freeman Converts His 124-Acre Ranch into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
#10Is this website a source we can trust? I've looked at a couple other articles and it looked a bit sketchy.
You can just google the headline and you will find a Forbes article about it.
It's an article on "Forbes sites", though. It's the equivalent of sort-of-trusted bloggers. Seems Forbes really don't care about their online brand anymore.