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• rekorse@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not sure where the debate is this moment but from my understanding, vegans won’t eat honey.

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  • theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨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

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  • chetradley@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

    scientificamerican.com/…/the-problem-with-honey-b…

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    • blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for the bullet points and link, comrade.

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• ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

  www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27591-y

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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    • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes it’s not abuse but still a man-made problem for animals, which is why I mentioned it.

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