The National Park Service is Not Feeding Watermelon to Bee Colonies

Misbar’s investigation into this claim reveals it to be false. While most of the above claim is true, and while it is true that some beekeepers do engage in such behavior, and that bees are vitally important to natural park ecosystems, National Park Services do not feed their ecosystems artificially. First of all, this violates their ‘leave no trace’ principle, which prohibits permanent interference with the ecosystem by introducing artificial elements. The reason for this prohibition is that ecosystems are precisely calibrated and leaving watermelon exposed for example may attract animals besides bees and overall disrupt more than help. Second of all, the National Park Services do not feed their ecosystems artificially because they prefer to tend to them naturally and allow them to feed themselves.