Urban Honey

Matt,

Me and my girlfriend Cristina when to go visit John and his bees and what an experience. My girlfriend is working on a project for school and she wanted to see the bees in person. John is a very cool down to earth friendly guy. At first I was scared but after spend time with john and his bees I have mad respect for bees now.

Great video, awesome

Oh my gosh You know this is so werid because me and my hubby were talking about doing this like 3 days ago and "PLOOOP" it's on t.v. I can't wait until we get our behive for our organic garden in spring time :o)

awesome gifts (honey)

That bee guy is a great character. Nice snippet of an oddball doing something cool.

This is fantastic. what is also fantastic, is that tie Mr. Rolston.
however, I would be interested to know if any bee keepers have found solutions to avoid killing the bees?

Memories. My dad had a hive of bees. This piece was good and solid. I like the interview and his 'play on words'... was that intentional?
Good piece.
I remember wearing the bee gear, and somehow a bee got under my mask. Memories.
peace,
danielmklopp

I loved this! I kept bees when I was younger, it is so rewarding and wonderful, plus the honey is amazing. Great work Matt.

I wasn't even going to respond to this.With all due respect, it was just yet another nonvegan doing something grossly immoral, without even realizing it. Then, the guy explicitly said that he didn't have to consider them, because they're just animals.

That was just so...there isn't a word for it. Human beings ARE just animals. We're a part of the great ape family. We're just really smart, by our definition.

You know why he felt sypathetic in the beginning? Because he knew intuitively that they deserved moral consideration.

Then, like a typical human, he rationalized his crimes, by taking animals out of consideration comepletely. Humans do stuff like that all the time. Always using our intellects to get ourselves out of trouble, at least in our own minds.

Scientists have proven time and again that the differences between humans and nonhumans are just quantitative, not qualitative. They are conscious. They can suffer. They can fear. They can love. They can feel affection. They can display affection. Just stop trying to rationalize your crimes and stop commiting them.

No, I'm not antisocial or self hating. I'm a humanitarian. However, I don't suffer from anthropocentrism. When we're wrong, we're wrong.

Safety and Peace, to you all.

Undeniably,
The Vanguard

very cool... i love learning about rare situations, like a bee keeper in the middle of a major urban city! it was also nice to see what he does with the product, cute wrapping :)

Great pod! Really interesting character. I wanted to hear everything he said and see everything he did. You did a good job of teaching us a whole lot about him through him talking about his hobby. I also liked that you had B-roll over almost all of his commentary. It was not only more interesting to see him tending to his bees than it would have been to see him talking all, but also it made the times he was talking grab your attention. He had an awkward, yet confidence presence on camera. Really good work.

I am so glad this made it to air. There is such a difference from the first cut I saw. He is such a great character and I loved him just talking about his life and his bees. The filming and editing was great as well. Congrats!

Word. So glad to see this make it to air Matt! Way to go...

Great pod! Well done! So... did you get stung?

Ok, the suspense is killing me. I have to ask--did either of you get stung during this whole thing?

Very cool

Jon Rolston is my hero.