Beekeeping should be allowed in suburban neighborhoods

Thanks to my opponent for coming up with a debate that sounds pretty fun and interesting. I agree to the definitions and will begin my refutations, and then move on to my arguments. I am stating that "Beekeeping should not be allowed in suburban neighborhoods." "However, The actual risk of being stung as a neighbor of one of these hives is slim unless you go over to the hive and provoke the nest." And beekeeping, as we all should know, is all about going to their nest, provoking it, and taking their honey. There is no fine means of extracting honey from a hive besides actually making solid, physical contact with the bees and forcefully taking their hard-earned honey. "Honeybees would in reality be better pets than cats or dogs." That's quite ridiculous, as bees are undomesticated BUGS that hurt you, defecate just like a regular animal (personal experience), and they make an irritating buzz and drone throughout the entire day! Compare that to occasional barks from a dog and the actually pleasant meow and purr of a cat. Ever heard of the vuvuzuela horns from the World Cup? Many people think those are extremely annoying and they compare them to the sound of a bee. Bees are solitary creatures that you can't take on a walk through the park, or make contact with it. Could you imagine a person holding a little bee that is buzzing, defecating, and not doing anything? Clearly, this point makes absolutely no sense and that is why we have cats and dogs as pets and not bees. "...introducing honeybees in the suburbs would increase biodiversity among plants in the area and will result in increased yields in garden crops. Also, honeybees provide many personal benefits to the beekeeper and anyone else who consumes the honey made by the hive (2)." Honeybees are already in the suburbs, flying from one plant to the next, pollinating it and spreading the pollen. They're already here and they've been here for an extremely long time. Just take a step outside and you should be able to see the bees. A suburb is a residential area near or in a city [1]. The benefits you talk about are already here. My opponent also noted that there will be benefits to the beekeeper. That's only at the cost of the bees who spend a lot of time making honey. They use honey during the winter to survive and feed their future workers. And beekeeping is not much of a profit. It's very hard to turn beekeeping into an actual job with a sustained amount of monetary gain [2]. Seeing as my opponent's arguments are refuted, I will move on to my own points. 1. People will think beekeeping is too easy [3]. Many are uneducated about bees and believe that beekeeping is extremely easy. Sometimes it may be so, however, this can lead to false discretion. Because so many people hear that taking honey is easy, they become overconfident and occasionally, ignorant, and take very little precaution. Without precaution, the bees will defend their own hive, resulting in casualties for the poor, confused keeper. You also need refined gear to protect yourself from the bee stings and that's hard to come by. 2. Lack of focus on real economical development [4]. Beekeeping, according to many, is a hobby and fun. Don't get me wrong, having fun is a good thing. But one fear is that people will become addicted to this "fun hobby" and won't focus much on their own job, the job that produces technology, inspires new ideas, and truly helps our economy, whereas beekeeping is just one trade that can't progress any further and makes little profit, as I previously proved in my rebuttal. 3. It can really tick off neighbors. As I previously said, the drone and the buzzing of thousands of bees bunched together is extremely irritating and certainly not music to your ears. How would a person take many bees home? He or she would steal the bees and force them home. The neighbors would dislike you due to the sound, and the ladies in the houses would probably be disgusted at the sight of the bugs, as most women are. 4. Stressful and hard [5]. Those who do not find beekeeping fun, will find it totally impossible. If you read article number 5 in my sources, it shows there are many steps to ensure your bees are happy and will produce honey. You need to build a fence to provide wind protection and so that a bee doesn't smack you in the head. You need a constant source of water and most bees love small creeks and ponds, which are hard to recreate. There's the possibility of a swarm and you need to control it and, as the article reads, there is no 100% success with it. Though it reads that the swarm is gentle, just look at the picture on the left. Does that look gentle? Not at all, for it looks like the poor woman will be stung a hundred times. The stress from the beekeeping will certainly turn many off of the subject. Sources: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org... 2. http://forums.gardenweb.com... 3. http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com... 4. http://forums.gardenweb.com... 5. http://outdoorplace.org... I look further to the next round.