Good idea. The problem with all these media stories is that they’re essentially frauds. They’re taking advantage of scientifically ignorant people (many of whom were taught to be idiots and illogical via government schools). How is that different than the sellers of snake oil? These articles aren’t researched beyond sensationalism. They’re garbage.
According to bee keepers hives die off over the winter and are restored fairly easily. We have enough hives and the system is working. We’re dealing with a level of ignorance that makes the wrongly called Dark Ages look bright by comparison.
It’s Pavlovian the way the Left reaches out, strokes primitive emotion and gets the reaction they want. Actually, it’s devilish.
I’ve got a neighbor who intends to put a couple of hives on the far side of my garage. He’s trying to grow the number of hives and is placing about 20 of them around our little town. (Everybody here has fruit trees)