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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

Honey is a by-product of bees, the same way that all human made food is a by-products of humans.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

so if I buy food from people I'm basically a cannibal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I think it’s more accurate to think of you trapping humans in your basement and leaving them a bag of groceries every once in a while. Then you go down there and take whatever they cooked with the produce. They get to eat what they make, you just get the leftovers. They also can’t leave.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Actually if bees don't like the hive you put them in, they absolutely will leave. I haven't had happen to me personally but I have heard of it happening to others; you put the package in and come back to find that 200$+ worth of bees just upped and flew away.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't true for the vast majority of commercial honey unfortunately. If you're buying it from the supermarket, or any producer that operates at even medium scale, they'll clip the wings of the queen so that the hive is unable to leave even if they want to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And then they lose the hive anyway due to CCD or some nutrient deficiency that results from only consuming almond nectar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

"Hive looks like someone put it together like a wasp.. 0/5 stars"

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