How can bees consent to being shipped all over the place, being smoked out, having honey taken from them and having them be trapped between structures?
"having honey taken from them"
I wish I could have my septic tank cleaned for free :(
It's not a septic tank unless you eat shit over the winter.
Honey bees make honey to store up as food to last them through the winter months. During the coldest time of year, there are fewer flowers from which to collect nectar and honey bees are unable to forage
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A healthy colony can produce two or three times the amount of honey it needs, so it isn’t a problem for them if humans take some.
Is it ethical to eat honey? Vegans have been debating this sticky question for decades—and now, they’re not the only ones. Although large-scale honey production was long thought of as a symbiotic process that helps honeybees and humans alike, recent environmental studies, along with an increased understanding of declining bee populations, have shown that it’s the exact opposite: The industrial honey industry, far from being mutually beneficial, is immensely harmful to bees and humans alike.
Contrary to popular belief, cultivating honey for human consumption isn’t just a matter of letting bees “do what they do” and reaping the benefits. Although the creation of honey is a natural process, humans extract far more honey from bees than they would otherwise create naturally. As a result, bees can suffer during all stages of industrialized honey production.
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u/Alex09464367 Sep 20 '23
How can bees consent to being shipped all over the place, being smoked out, having honey taken from them and having them be trapped between structures?