Comments on: Haagen-Dazs (hearts) honeybees

By: CurlyBill

CurlyBill — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:41:07 +0000

Any time there are efforts to support wildlife; plant, animal or insect, I am proud to be a supporter. While I understand that Natural Selection requires certain species to go extinct now and then, I also loathe the idea that human consumption could not only lead to certain extinctions, but also ignore them. The attitude that the earth and it’s resources are there strictly to support human life is egotistical to the point of disgust… for me. But, then, I’m just an environmentalist buffalo…

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:57:44 +0000

Thank you Haagen-Dazs for being forward thinking & acting responsibly. I wish articles like this would be on the nightly news instead of the violence & negative stories. Then more companies might be inspired to give back. Wouldn’t the world be so much better if we heard less of the negativity in the news & more of the good? We could shop more consciously, giving our business to companies we support for their good works. Then they would have the ability to divert their marketing budget to their charitable causes. What an impact that would have on our economy. Companies would compete for how much of a difference they could make. With less coverage of bad news, there would be less bad because of the change in mindset, if the majority was seeking good news, violence would be less acceptable & would become less prevalent because of the social stigma. Unfortunately now, we accept violence & make murderers & thieves famous in the news. Change our perceptions & we change our world.

By: Barbara Delnero

Barbara Delnero — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:46:09 +0000

I applaud Haagen-Dazs for taking these steps. Bees are a vital part of crop growing and food production. We learn that in grade school. It is mystifying that even the scientists can’t fgure out the reason for the decline in the honeybee population. I’m sure they’ve looked into this, but could there be a possible connection with the influx of the more aggressive African bee that began showing up here a few years ago? Perhaps “our” bees became sterile like a mule is) when mated with them?