many readers confronting this knowledge will be asking:
“So what should we DO?”
to this we offer - treat each other gently and with kindness
many readers confronting this knowledge will be asking:
“So what should we DO?”
to this we offer - treat each other gently and with kindness
Anonymous asked:
Is honey vegan? If so why not? (I'm not trying to start something other than a conversation)
Honey is produced by bees which are amazing pollinators and are vital parts of growing plants.
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acti-veg answered:
No, honey is not vegan by any reasonable definition of the word. As vegans we avoid animal exploitation, whatever you may think about bees and honey, honey is very definitely the result of exploiting bees. Bees are amazing pollinators and they are vital for plants and natural ecosystems more generally, but I’m not sure what that has to do with buying and eating honey?
Most pollinator bees are solitary bees, pollination in natural eco-systems is performed by these bees, other insects and birds. They are the ones who are under threat, not the kind of bees we use to make honey. We are talking about managed hives of domesticated bees, most of whom are non-native and compete with natural pollinators for the same food sources. It is even thought they may be spreading disease to wild pollinators, too, who do a far better job of pollination than managed hives do.
Commercially owned hives are shipped in on-mass to pollinate some crops, but this is a very bad thing and far from natural. It is a symptom of our over-intensive farming system, and certainly not a point to make in favour of eating honey. This just helps make honey production more profitable, it isn’t good for the environment and certainly isn’t good for the bees.
You seem to be equating honey with bee conservation, but that just means that you have been successfully marketed to. You are not supporting pollinators and growing plants by buying honey, no serious bee conservation organisation advocates buying honey to support wild bees - it was just a successful marketing campaign by cereal corporations.
The best way to actually support wild pollinators is to grow local, pollinator-friendly flowers and to provide them with natural habitats and constructed ones like bug boxes, which are widely available to buy and very easy to make. It’s definitely a better use of your money than honey is, if the goal is to help bees and other pollinators.
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