Eating a meal with friends should be a pleasurable experience. It’s not about me, it’s about us at that meal, which is what I’ve been discussing. I just get the sense that you wouldn’t be someone that I would have over for a vegan dinner party, you know?
I have been a beekeeper for years. I agree that the bees are NOT in their natural habitat. However, I keep a significantly better control of the environment than the bees do in this habitat. It is better for the surrounding area, and I have talked my neighbors out of pesticide use because my bees will help pollinate their gardens and trees.
One extra note from the ko-fi article: I have never, ever heard of the practice of trimming queen wings. That is vicious, and I would never do that. Let the bees be bees. If they leave, I wasn’t doing a good enough job of supporting them. I am not a commercial beekeeper, though. Merely someone who likes being around them all year.
The short version:
https://ko-fi.com/post/Unveiling-the-Bitter-Side-of-Honey-M4M5N7135
https://www.fastcompany.com/90457908/eating-honey-is-more-complicated-than-you-might-think
If you know anything about apiculture, then you know that it’s part of animal farming/raising (zootechny) in the same vein as pastoralism.
To be blunt, you’re the sort of person I try to avoid having dinner with. And I think that’s good for both of us.
The fact that you think your pleasureful experience is what matters is part of the problem. It’s not about you.
Eating a meal with friends should be a pleasurable experience. It’s not about me, it’s about us at that meal, which is what I’ve been discussing. I just get the sense that you wouldn’t be someone that I would have over for a vegan dinner party, you know?
You are quite literally projecting.
I have been a beekeeper for years. I agree that the bees are NOT in their natural habitat. However, I keep a significantly better control of the environment than the bees do in this habitat. It is better for the surrounding area, and I have talked my neighbors out of pesticide use because my bees will help pollinate their gardens and trees.
One extra note from the ko-fi article: I have never, ever heard of the practice of trimming queen wings. That is vicious, and I would never do that. Let the bees be bees. If they leave, I wasn’t doing a good enough job of supporting them. I am not a commercial beekeeper, though. Merely someone who likes being around them all year.