• qublic69 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    in return we eat their waste

    No, you eat their food. Much of that harvested honey gets replaced with sugar water.
    I don't know if bees really care. Although they are kinda smart.

    I tend to be almost entirely vegan, but not obsessive or puritanical over it. That last 1% takes more effort than it is worth.
    If I know something has animal products, then I will avoid it, but I'm not reading every label while in the supermarket.

    Agave syrup can be a decent replacement for honey.

    • NotAShrimp [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      You're right 'waste' is misleading, I meant more 'excess' as they don't starve, but it's their long term food storage, so food is defo more accurate. Yeah I'm kind of in the same boat tbh

      • 90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        It is also not excess, else we would not need to replace it with sugar water. It is their stores over the winter and the sugar water we replace it with causes malnutrition.