honey production does hurt the bees. the honey stolen is replaced with a toxic synthetic sugar substance which isn't healthy for them. honey isn't for humans to steal, please educate yourself.
Arright, sit down, youâre about to get some knowledge dropped on you by somebody with beekeepers and meadmakers in the family.
The âtoxic synthetic sugar substanceâ youâre referring to? Is sugar water. Literally SUGAR and WATER. Thereâs nothing synthetic about it. And the bees only rarely need a LITTLE bit of sugar water to help them get through, because if theyâre provided with enough nectar, bees will make a shit-ton of honey. Most hives generate more honey than they can ever use.
And when a hive starts getting too full, the bees may swarm and try to go find a new place to live. Do you know what happens to a more than three-quarters of swarms that leave their hive? THEY DIE. Yup. Either they canât find a new hive, or they run into predators, or they wind up landing somewhere that humans donât want them and then exterminators get called.
So removing a few frames from the hive, taking out the wax and the honey, and replacing them for the bees to fill with new comb and honey and larvae is actually GOOD for the hive. The bees stay busy, theyâve got frames to fill, the queen doesnât feel the need to go anywhere, and their human buddies can help keep them safe from natural predators and pesticides.
The mutually-beneficial relationship between humans and bees has existed for literally thousands of years. People keep hives, bees pollinate crops and make honey, people harvest the honey, the bees get extra protection and can happily buzz away keeping the plants healthy and making more sweet sugary goo.
Honeybees are an endangered species. If they die, not only does your vegan diet become completely impossible, but the entire planet is royally fucked.
And do you know whoâs doing more than anybody else to keep them alive and make sure we donât all starve?
BEEKEEPERS. And they treat those bees like their own damn children. Theyâre not going to feed them toxins or âstealâ all their food, they want the bees to be happy and healthy and THRIVING.
Being vegan is absolutely fine, but donât go trying to tell other people how to eat and donât sound off on shit until YOU educate YOURSELF. Try talking to an actual beekeeper sometime. Or at the very least, read an article by a beekeeper instead of relying on someone elseâs scare tactics.