Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 26 days ago‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybeeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-226 days agoSlaves? Oh FFS. Have you talked to the bees lately? Maybe they like having nice manmade hives.
minus-squarescott@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 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-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 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.
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoWell, Scott, I’m beginning to think you’re no apiarist at all.
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.
I think honey is just the byproduct of these colonies. Their primary use is to loan them out to farms to pollinate the crops.
Well, Scott, I’m beginning to think you’re no apiarist at all.