Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in
TLDR- Modern agriculture pollen is low in nutrients, and there aren’t enough wildflowers. Science has to develop vitamins to supplement the diets of agricultural bees. So plant some wildflowers for the wild bees near you.
you’ve heard of vitamin B, now get ready for bee vitamins
hey remember when people would mock vegans and say that the sugar water replacement for stolen honey was more than enough?
This could literally be avoided by not mass cultivating domestic honeybees that outcompete native bees who are actually the efficient pollinators of native plants.
honey bees do not "outcompete" wild bees, they occupy different niches, have different behaviour, prefer different habitats and plants to feed on. monoculture and pestizides is what is killing both domestic honeybees and wild bees alike. monocultures that don't use pestizides, like organic farms, are still harmful for pollinator insects bc they can't get all the nutrients they need from just a single or a few plant species. the article literally is about the harms of monoculture.
wild bees are often solitary and don't neccesarily like to feed on food crops pollen, solely depending on wild bee pollination is not sustainable for food production. idg what you and other anti-bee vegans expect to eat if farmers abandon bee keeping?
First page google search. From a trusted, relatively pro honey bee organisation
I am against mass pesticide use and monocrop proliferation too idk why you made it a false dichotomy. In the same way I think its fine if chocolate became more expensive or inaccessible if not compatible with humane worker treatment and liveable wages, I think that it would be fine not to have year round access to every type of foreign produce in the modern world or masses of corn and other grains cultivated for livestock feeding if that meant the successful conservation of flora and fauna.
I accept inconvenience for the benefit of things beyond myself.
