After an initially harsh reaction to this, upon reflection I realized I do care about bee experience, want bees to be healthy and have a good time, and think the conventional honey industry is quite bad. I’ve thought this for a while.
I’ve spent a lot of time around bees and I’ve eaten lots of honey that I’ve seen them making. I think in the contexts in which I’ve interacted with bees, I’d guess it’s very unlikely they are having a bad time relative to bees in the wild. I’d guess that if there’s any mean valence associated with their experience it’s definitely positive. I’m aware that lots of bees die and suffer as part of the process.
I will therefore continue buying and eating honey from my local beekeepers at https://www.howeverwildhoney.com/ and am grateful to them for producing it.
After an initially harsh reaction to this, upon reflection I realized I do care about bee experience, want bees to be healthy and have a good time, and think the conventional honey industry is quite bad. I’ve thought this for a while.
I’ve spent a lot of time around bees and I’ve eaten lots of honey that I’ve seen them making. I think in the contexts in which I’ve interacted with bees, I’d guess it’s very unlikely they are having a bad time relative to bees in the wild. I’d guess that if there’s any mean valence associated with their experience it’s definitely positive. I’m aware that lots of bees die and suffer as part of the process.
I will therefore continue buying and eating honey from my local beekeepers at https://www.howeverwildhoney.com/ and am grateful to them for producing it.