Beekeeping should be allowed in suburban neighborhoods

Time for the final round. I'd like to thank my opponent for this great debate thus far and now would like to begin my last arguments. "However, the bees are of no risk to neighbors since the neighbors are not extracting the honey." Well, some innocent young children, including toddlers and babies, do not realize that bees can be harmful and therefore would play with the bee or even try to grab one and stick it in their mouths. Older adults hate the idea of bees flying around everywhere that could be a potential threat to children. Women would try to harm the bees, which is bad for the bees themselves, and in turn, could possibly get stung repeatedly, not just once. Some hives reside in, say, a house's backyard. When adults would try to get rid of the annoying hive, and decide not to become beekeepers, they would provoke the hive and get stung. The stinging effect also has a negative result on the bees, for they die after the provocation [1]. My opponent's next argument gave unnecessary facts and he stated that disease and pests will kill bees. This will not change whether or not people beekeep as there will always be pests and disease, just like bees. There are 20,000 known species of bee and have remained here for a super long time, possibly since the beginning of man. There are 40,000 bees in the peak of a hive, as well. Bees will not die and the pollination of plants will continue at the same rate whether or not there is beekeeping. "You're saying beekeeping is hard, yet you aren't experienced in beekeeping." If you're spying on me, you would find that a hive of bees has actually infested my house. We have tried taking care of the bees, yet they buzz and produce an annoying sound, and trying to care of them was a lost attempt. Thus, we blocked them off and sadly, killed a hive of bees. Trying to beekeep and failing would hurt the bees as well. Bees are not easy at all to take care of, and since my opponent has mentioned that I have no source and proceeded with an attack on me by stating "you," this is my evidence that beekeeping is not easy. "Those who are knowingly allergic to bee stings should always have epinephrine with them as a precaution because it treats the effects of anaphylactic shock which could otherwise kill a person allergic [6]. Africanized bees are not kept by beekeepers so this irrelevant to the debate." Again, what about a child who is young, ignorant, and does not carry epinephrine? My opponent has not refuted the point that even non-allergic people can die. If, as you say, beekeeping is so easy, wouldn't the common household family beekeep, a family that doesn't know the difference between certain bees? Africanized bees (killer bees) will harm and are hard to tell from a honeybee. "Extremely ineffective & not a good way to raise your bees? None of your sources suggest your statement. Keeping a bowl of water is actually recommended by a lot of sources [7][8][9][10]." The seventh source you cited reads that a neighbor was angered because they kept flying to her dog's water bowl. Neighbors will be annoyed with bees flying around. Eight source isn't anything at all. Tenth source can't be found. Bees will always find many sources of water and the water you leave out can be drained. "Last time I checked, you do not have any experience in beekeeping. How can you say something is hard without trying? Even without experience, not one source you cited suggested that beekeeping is hard." Not to be rude, but, it would sound like you are stalking me... As I previously mentioned, I do have experience with bees. Here is a source [2]. The title of the article, interestingly enough, is "The Hard Work of a Beekeeper." Also, there is this one [3]. "...I said there would not be a lot of noise because bees are enclosed inside a hive, where sound would be muffled by the walls and ceiling. Beekeeping is already legal in a lot of suburbs, yet you fail to provide a source that says that people in these neighborhoods are rallying to make beekeeping illegal." Bees do not stay in their hive all the time. The workers venture out of the hive and produce noises and fly around, irritatingly enough. The hive's walls will not block the noise. Imagine thousands of bees, clustered together, making a buzzing sound, that gathers and travels everywhere. He said there are no sources that beekeeping is rallied against by neighbors. The source you previously stated, number 7, had a lady who was so bothered by the bees that she went to talk to the neighbor. Many sites on the web say that bees are annoying due to their sound [4][5][6]. I listed only a few out of the numerous complaints from people. If you cannot find the part about the annoyance, just put in ctrl+f, and then insert, 'annoying.' "Vuvuzelas & Carpenter bees have nothing to do with beekeeping, so your statement is irrelevant to this debate." My previous argument was that neighbors will be extremely irritated because of the bees. Many people, while watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup, listened to the vuvuzuela horns, called them extremely annoying, and compared them to bees because they were so annoying. Thus, the argument is relevant. "I am not convinced. Why would there be failure in economical development? If a person chose to leave their job in favor of beekeeping, another person would take their place. Haven't you seen the unemployment rate in this country? Due to the disease problem, beekeeping would actually promote economical development since there will be a need for beekeepers in the future [2]." As I previously stated, beekeeping is a horrible paid, full-time job [7]. It would barely help the economy. Beekeeping is addictive and takes away real technological development. The 9.5% of people who are unemployed were the people who were the worst at their jobs and laid off. They would most likely not be as effective at a job as the new, addicted beekeeper. What does this have to do with the debate? You said queen bees die due to colder weather, not to beekeepers, so this statement is irrelevant to the debate. The relevance to this debate is that beekeepers harvest the extremely important honey that is kept within the hive. That honey is used throughout the winter for food for the queen and for the workers. When I stated that queen bees die, I meant that they die due to lack of food. I have refuted all of your refutations from your previous argument. I will once again list all the arguments for why bekeeeping should not be allowed. "Beekeeping should not be illegal in suburban neighborhoods because of the benefits that I have listed." My opponent has listed, I believe, two reasons that I have refuted that are supposed to be benefits. The first was about bees as pets, which he turned down himself in the Second Round. The second was about increased biodiversity, which already was refuted, as well. Just look back. 1. Beekeeping harms bees because we take away the precious honey they need for winter. 2. Makes very little money to help the economy. 3. Neighbors are annoyed by bees. 4. Bees harm young children, bees themselves because people kill them, and adults who want to get rid of bees. 5. All opponent's points refuted, while mine are still intact. 6. Beekeeping is not an easy trade and creates stress. For these reasons, I urge an opposition vote. This was a wonderful debate and I thank my opponent because of this. Thank you for reading. Sources: 1. http://www.drgreene.com... 2. http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com... 3. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com... 4. http://www.wisegeek.com... 5. http://www.about-bees.com... 6. http://www.greenthumbarticles.com... 7. http://www.beesource.com...