Why would you ever assume an animal agriculture practice wouldn’t be abusive?
Comment on No thanks. I'm good.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 months agoI assumed you were full of shit about this being abusive but then I looked it up and oops
Emerald@lemmy.world 2 months ago
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The bees seem kinda chill about it. They can just kinda fuck off after all.
rekorse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not sure where the debate is this moment but from my understanding, vegans won’t eat honey.
theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I have a cousin who’s vegan and I was legit curious about this, and she literally said exactly that - “the bees can leave if they want”, but from what I understand there are other vegans who disagree
chetradley@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I won’t speak for other vegans, but my research into beekeeping and honey production turned me against the industry for the following reasons:
- Beekeepers will commonly clip the wings of queens to keep them from swarming or leaving.
- Semen is commonly extracted from bees by crushing them.
- Honey taken from hives is commonly replaced with a nutrient-devoid sugar solution, affecting the health of the bees.
- Selective breeding of honeybees has made them more susceptible to diseases which can also affect native insects.
- Honeybees have been shown to cause serious disruptions to plant-pollinator networks, putting local pollinators at great risk.
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Beekeeping is a real problem, especially since it became a new hobby for some people. It’s advertised as helping to save the bees but in reality the honey bees are not in danger. They are the danger - to wild bees and other local insects.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Thats a seperate matter from animal abuse though, also I live in a region with lots of orchards (or atleast used to have) so bee keeping is just kinda a factor.
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
The moment an animal is involved in the process of making money they are bred, caged and treated only as “good” as needed so they stay alive.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 2 months ago
We’ve done the same with people… Fuck capitalism and all its sociopathic sycophants.
urfavlaura@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
humans are animals too so we’ve not really progressed that far
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Indeed