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Let's Limit our Consumption of Bee Products

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  • angie207angie207 Raw Master

    I’ve edited this post and apologize because it originally sounded rude & that wasn’t what I intended.

    ecvraw – I’ve been there when honey is harvested, so I want to describe what I’ve seen. The bees do not have baby bees waiting for the honey. They store it. When the smoke comes, they go into their hive to take their honey to a new location to get away from what they perceive to be a threat to their home. The beekeeper I went with takes only PART of the bees’ hive (again, no baby bees) and leaves the rest there, and he puts new empty boxes on top whenever the lower ones get filled with honey, whether he’s harvesting or not, so the bees always have a home. Still, I never thought about how the bees would feel during the harvesting process, so I appreciate your bringing it up

    Another FYI – I would not eat corn syrup, but apparently I would if I was a bee. An uncovered container of corn syrup, left outside, will empty as it is taken by honeybees back to their hives & stored along with their honey.

  • Well, I’m OK with eating a tiny bit less raw if it’s better for the bees. Just a lil self-sacrifice now and then! :)

  • angie207angie207 Raw Master

    Humans have eaten honey (and kept bees) for decades, if not centuries, and the bees are just now starting to disappear.

    Honey DOES have nutritional value; it has lots of magnesium at least.

    My new thought – If I’m buying agave nectar that is processed (requiring more electricity than harvesting honey) and then shipped halfway around the world to get to me, isn’t that hurting the earth & environment (and therefore bees and every other animal) more than if I have bees in my back yard, grow lots of plants for them to forage from and then take only a part of their honey to eat?

  • RawKidChefRawKidChef Raw Newbie

    Hi durianrider, honey is not refined sugar, but I agree we should be using fruits to sweeten. You can get really amazing exotic dates that are easy to find online. I ordered some Halawi, wondering how those will be.

    durianrider, honey is very healthy and a healing medicinal sweetener. However, it’s cruel to the bees to take their food.

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