That’s a good point, that farming also causes large numbers of insects to die whether we bring bees in or not. The post seems to argue that bees in particular are smarter/more important than other insects though. I’d also expect in a most cases that bees are being brought to farms, not wild fields, so the (alleged) suffering of bees is on top of the suffering of other insects on the farm, not an alternative to it. Although, maybe once you’ve done the work of preparing a field, having bees produce honey from it is less bad than preparing additional fields.
That’s a good point, that farming also causes large numbers of insects to die whether we bring bees in or not. The post seems to argue that bees in particular are smarter/more important than other insects though. I’d also expect in a most cases that bees are being brought to farms, not wild fields, so the (alleged) suffering of bees is on top of the suffering of other insects on the farm, not an alternative to it. Although, maybe once you’ve done the work of preparing a field, having bees produce honey from it is less bad than preparing additional fields.