Bees don't have to be killed to produce honey. (letters).Your magazine is very helpful and enjoyable. I have been a vegetarian all of my 89 years, have enjoyed it, and hope to live a few more wonderful years. The letters from young people who have become vegetarians deserve praise for their efforts. One letter puzzled me when the writer stated that bees had to be killed in order to get the honey. (See: Nicole Guenther's winning essay in Issue One 2002). I grew up with bees and worked with them, and we never killed them to get the honey. Normally, they are not killed unless they have a disease. Thank you for your fine magazine. A.M. Warrenton, OR Editors' Note: In 1996, Caroline Pyevich (a VRG VRG Varig (Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense, Brazil, ICAO code) VRG Vegetarian Resource Group VRG Ventral Respiratory Group VRG Vaccinia-Rabies Glycoprotein (gene) VRG Vision Research Group VRG Vortex Ring Gun intern intern /in·tern/ (in´tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine. in·tern or in·terne n. ) wrote an article titled, "Busy Bees," which appeared in Vegetarian Journal. You can read that article online at <www.vrg.org/journal/vj96nov/bee.htm>. In this piece, she states that beekeepers burn a hive when the bees are infected with American Foulbrood foul·brood n. A fatal disease of honeybee larvae caused by one of several types of bacteria, including Bacillus alvei. , a fatal and highly contagious contagious /con·ta·gious/ (-jus) capable of being transmitted from one individual to another, as a contagious disease; communicable. con·ta·gious adj. 1. Of or relating to contagion. bacterial disease A bacterial disease is an abnormal condition of an organism (disease) caused by bacteria, a type of unicellular microorganisms. Not all bacteria cause disease, and not all diseases are caused by bacteria, or even microorganisms. in bees. |
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