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...i think you would also have to look at the other impacts of both 
practices (sugar cane and honey production).

yes, bees take in o2 and out co2...but planting/harvesting sugar cane 
simply displaces other kinds of vegitation that would be growing in 
the fields otherwise...probably a near zero sum (although sugar cane 
does fix carbon more efficently than many plants).

the keeping of bees, on the other hand, increases the the pollination 
of plants in the immediate vicinity.  if the presence of bees 
increases the ammount of vegitation (via increased fertilization), 
does this increase in co2 uptake balance out the co2 the bees 
produce?  i don't know the answer, but i don't think it's so simple.

deknow

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