# Public misconception **URL:** \ **Category:** General Bee Chat\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174 "2017-07-31T13:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/1 "2017-07-31T13:33:55Z")
Some family members were over to the house this weekend and they all stood around as I inspected my hive. They were amazed that I didn’t use protective gear and they could just stand around and watch right next to me. They were mesmerized by the buzzing. Then I get this from one of them …! ![IMG_7210](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/9/947d5fd46a702504ddd4e959815eed5493542003.JPG) Now they understand how misguided the neighbors and town are. ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/2 "2017-07-31T13:52:42Z")
How horrible!! Speaks volumes about how absurd life becomes as people remove themselves further and further from the natural world. I hope the couple get legal satisfaction and can keep bees again. Good on you for a successful, gentle harvest that makes for such good bee PR 😍 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michaeld/32/10479_2.png) [@MichaelD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/MichaelD)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/3 "2017-07-31T14:07:41Z")
I tell people about my keeping bees in my backyard here in the suburban Houston-Galveston area. I’m amazed at the number of times I hear a response like “my _insert ancestral relation here_ kept bees in the yard! I remember seeing them as a kid!” Why was it popular at one time in our not-so-distant past, but so misunderstood (and maligned?) now? Not a single one of my neighbors has complained about the bees, and there have actually been a couple comments on how well the local gardens are doing. ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/4 "2017-07-31T14:32:31Z")
When you have folks posting videos of how horrible it is to work beehives (see Flow promo) then of course public perception is going to be skewed. ---
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/5 "2017-07-31T15:50:24Z")
My view is that kids / people don’t spend enough time outside anymore. There is science fact that our behaviors are negatively impacting our kids (and our) health. > **[Why%20Children%20Need%20to%20Play%20Outside.pdf](https://www.niu.edu/ccc/resources/Why%20Children%20Need%20to%20Play%20Outside.pdf)** > > 119.33 KB > **[Why Kids Need Dirt to be Healthy | Wellness Mama](https://wellnessmama.com/12908/kids-need-dirt/)** > > Kids need dirt as it plays an important role in immune function, mental health and digestive health. An overly sanitized environment can lead to problems. > **[THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good](https://www.childrenandnature.org/2015/05/06/the-unsafe-child-less-outdoor-play-is-causing-more-harm-than-good/)** > > The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day consisted of mostly boys--rowdy, loud and rambunctious boys. As we started out into the woods, the children spoke loudly to each other in anticipation of what was to come.... The second order consequence is that people are afraid of nature and the world around them. ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_Nickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/gerald_nickel/32/1910_2.png) [@Gerald\_Nickel](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Gerald_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/6 "2017-07-31T17:51:35Z")
At near 72 years old I still enjoy walking around barefoot ! Yaaah, Yaaah, Yaaah ! I Get cuts, stub my toes n have to rinse/wash my feet but I have healthy happy feet 👣… Love being barefooted. There’s a time for shoes n a time for bare feet too… Barefooted in my backyard, ![IMG_1379](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/a/aa43b4c8a571d335717047e0f0461bb96846b6af.JPG) ![IMG_1388](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/d/d4200ac487199926dd0f962beaa4263bdfce852d.JPG) ![IMG_1395](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/1/18e4e64fe727dc0bd4588befa308a078f31b2a51.JPG) ![IMG_1382](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/cb846065b8473dc17197e762186d0eacb13533ce.JPG) ![IMG_1383](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/5/5c88b707b8444aec6fab86a70aa80fc554754160.JPG) ![IMG_1381](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/f/fdd109a2f670da80d8bbf088404f8663241591ee.JPG) ![IMG_1380](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/7/773aacd6c81d1023bc7587873d93b069ab43bffc.JPG). Gerald ---
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/7 "2017-07-31T18:03:45Z")
Yes, and I bet you STINK at WarCraft! PS. > **[Warcraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft)** > > Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone. The first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre, where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy. The fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a m... ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/8 "2017-07-31T18:43:57Z")
> [@lipinsky](#): > > bet you STINK at WarCraft Level 110 Mage, Shaman, Druid and Warlock 😜 ---
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/9 "2017-07-31T19:22:28Z")
(@Dawn_SD I wasn’t speaking to you 🤓 - good going none-the-less!! Congrats! When do you have time for the girls? ) ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/10 "2017-07-31T19:26:42Z")
I don’t play Warcraft much any more. Perhaps a bit more in the winter, when I am really bored. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Rodderick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/rodderick/32/15174_2.png) [@Rodderick](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Rodderick)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/11 "2017-08-01T00:44:54Z")
No matter which way you look at it, its a very distressing article… living in the suburbs some of us don’t have dogs or cats. Bees and chickens are my love, a generation back nearly every backyard had chickens and I am amazed at how bees keep to themselves, rarely ever annoy people but bring so much joy. They are looked up to as a representation of how a society and community work and live together, the bee and hive symbols are used in governments and business across the globe for a good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Rodderick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/rodderick/32/15174_2.png) [@Rodderick](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Rodderick)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/12 "2017-08-01T00:45:29Z")
Nice Bobcat you have there Gerald… ---
**Author:** ![tussuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tussuck](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/tussuck)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/13 "2017-08-05T01:48:17Z")
So what does this have to do with the original post? Personally I think it’s criminal to be working a hive without gear and even worse to have spectators close in watching. You may know what your doing and may have calm bees but you have sent the wrong message out. ---
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/14 "2017-08-05T02:42:59Z")
Really? What is the wrong message? I agree that bees hornets and wasps are the greatest non-human killer of people (58 in the most recent reported year [www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/16/chart-the-animals-that-are-most-likely-to-kill-you-this-summer/](http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/16/chart-the-animals-that-are-most-likely-to-kill-you-this-summer/) cows kills almost half as many at 20 per year) but that still doesn’t make them dangerous. I’m not some expert. I have only been doing this since April. No one in the group had sting allergies - and even if they did I have all the necessary medical gear within reach - I literally drive an ambulance (less the stretcher) as my regular vehicle. Are bees something to be terrified of? What made my action “criminal”, dangerous, or even reckless? It’s only been when I wear gloves that the bees have stung me. I don’t mind your reply or view. But I honestly want to understand your position. What was so wrong with what I did? ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/15 "2017-08-05T03:44:09Z")
“I have only been doing this since April”. Welcome to beekeeping 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lipinsky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/lipinsky/32/12036_2.png) [@lipinsky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/lipinsky)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/16 "2017-08-05T03:50:25Z")
Thank you - but I have wanted to be a beek for decades! ---
**Author:** ![Bmind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bmind/32/6848_2.png) [@Bmind](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bmind)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/public-misconception/12174/17 "2017-08-07T20:19:42Z")
I bring people to see my bees but they can be a little more aggressive at certain times so I am careful to check how they seem before going too close.