That was very interesting! I agree that leaving
bees -- in fact, most animals -- alone to do what nature intended for them to do has to be the best way. We only have to look at the incredibly dependent nature of pet animals, who could never survive in good health without the food and other care we give them, to see that when humans start monkeying around with the genetics and habits of other creatures we generally make a mess of things.
As for our own health, I also agree that living away from cities and enjoying the fresh food,
water and air of the countryside is a lot healthier. I only go into town once each year (sometimes only once in two years) and I have not been sick in years. Every year I hear people complaining about colds and flu or some "bug" going around, but I never get anything. My husband, who has to go to work in town 3 days each week, constantly comes home with tales of how half the employees where he works are out with some illness or other (usually in winter when people tend to be more cooped up in their tightly-sealed houses), yet he seldom catches anything. We live with the seasons. When it is hot, we are hot because we do not close up our house and air-condition it. When it is cold, we are generally a bit cold too because we don't seal everything up unhealthily tight and we only use a
wood stove for heat. We spend most of our time outdoors -- even in winter -- if not working in the gardens or elsewhere on our homestead, then we're out walking in the woods just for fun. To top it off, we eat real food that we make from scratch every meal. Our vegetables and fruits come primarily from our organic gardens and eggs from our free-range hens. We bake our own bread and we do not eat meat. In my opinion, living close to the
land, eating fresh, real food, getting plenty of outdoor exercise, and learning to acclimate yourself to the seasons as they occur is really all it takes to be strong and healthy.
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