BASED_BALL [none/use name] to main • 4 years agois honey vegan?message-squaremessage-square51 fedilinkarrow-up129
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minus-square90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]hexbear3·edit-24 years agoSome do, at some point the European honeybee was wild and we domesticated it because they produce honey as a storage behavior. link
minus-square90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]hexbear2·4 years agoMany bee species don't make honey, or some do and are far more aggressive in protection of their hives, or some are solitary and don't form colonies. There is this American honey producing bee that was cultivated by the Mayans, but deforestation is forcing it into extinction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melipona_beecheii#Agriculture link
Some do, at some point the European honeybee was wild and we domesticated it because they produce honey as a storage behavior.
Could we use a native species?
Many bee species don't make honey, or some do and are far more aggressive in protection of their hives, or some are solitary and don't form colonies.
There is this American honey producing bee that was cultivated by the Mayans, but deforestation is forcing it into extinction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melipona_beecheii#Agriculture