We need more native pollinators, and honey bees are very good at outcompeting them once they’re introduced, threatening biodiversity and thus ecosystems.
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9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
… Don’t we need more bees?
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah I’m in the UK where they are native pollinators
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That doesn’t mean that introducing them in unnatural numbers isn’t harmful to biodiversity and other native pollinators
9point6@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s not what we’re talking about though, we have a declining bee population problem that needs intervention to save
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
still not healthy for them to be 85% of what’s pollinating crops, though
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Prime wherever you are that’s not the UK defaultism to assume that honeybees are not native pollinators.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Breeding a native species in unnatural numbers is also a way of that species outcompeting other native species and harming biodiversity
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You can narrow it down to just the Americas. The European honey bee (and subspecies) are native all across Europe, Asia, and Africa I believe.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Here in Europe, the European Honeybee is, not surprisingly, completely native.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That doesn’t mean that introducing them in unnaturally large numbers isn’t harmful to biodiversity
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Oh yeah, them artificially displacing solitary bees is still bad
Luci@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Some of us have allergies to specific pollinators. I can’t have some honey without a scratchy throat.
Love bees! Can’t have what they make :((
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You might have a superpower.
A LOT of honey in grocery stores are actually syrup but due to capitalism, there really is no real way to tell for sure.
If you are allergic, but won’t die, from having honey, you might be able to make a guide for those of us that actually want real honey but have trouble trusting asshole companies.
Luci@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I’m lazy. Pass.
meta4@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
Love the brevity.
mEEGal@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean… capitalism is the source of many problems, but probably not why we can’t tell the difference between honey and counterfeit syrup sold as such
Chemistry is to blame here
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The allergens in honey are from where the honey was made. If you haven’t already you might try locally sourced honey as it will have the allergens that are already in the air where you live.
Luci@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I’m allergic to basically everything outside so I’m kinda boned.