Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days ago‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybeeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoSlaves? Oh FFS. Have you talked to the bees lately? Maybe they like having nice manmade hives.
minus-squarescott@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThey don’t. The process of getting them to make honey is based on driving them to be in panicked, disaster recovery mindset all the time.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWell, Scott, I’m beginning to think you’re no apiarist at all.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoI think honey is just the byproduct of these colonies. Their primary use is to loan them out to farms to pollinate the crops.
Slaves? Oh FFS. Have you talked to the bees lately? Maybe they like having nice manmade hives.
They don’t. The process of getting them to make honey is based on driving them to be in panicked, disaster recovery mindset all the time.
Well, Scott, I’m beginning to think you’re no apiarist at all.
I think honey is just the byproduct of these colonies. Their primary use is to loan them out to farms to pollinate the crops.