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qwanderer:thelepidopteragirl:meloromantics:appropriately-inappropriate:audreyvhorne:sttinkerbelle:vmpolung:knowledgeandlove:Photo sourceFact check source#and I just don’t feel entitled to someone else’s life’s work.That comment exactly!! It’s not mine and I can survive without it, so I will.This is why honey is not vegan.The problem here is that honey, especially if you buy it ethically from an apiarist, isn’t actually detrimental to the well-being of the bee or the hive. In the wild, honey is used as a food stock, but in a domesticated honeybee colony, the bees are fed quite well, and so the honey is a surplus.The alternatives, like sugar, relies on monocrops in third world countries, with transient labour. Growing up, there was a sugarcane field by my house, and I’m sure the Haitian men who worked backbreaking hours hacking a machete through knife-bladed leaves in 40 degree heat for a couple dollars a day would have traded a testicle to be a Canadian honeybee. Stevia’s going the same way, iirc.Additionally, apiarists are actually huge proponents and activists for sustainable bee-keeping, and it’s estimated that the domesticated hive may be the last great hope for declining populations, because we can optimize their chances for survival.It’s their life’s work, sure, but it’s not the death of them to use it responsibly.literally read anything about the history of sugarcane and the cuban sugar industry if you think sugar is or ever has been more ethical than honeyrebloging for the commentaryListen, writing stories is my life’s work and I’d be hella disappointed if no one consumed them. On the other hand, if someone built me and my family a nice house and kept us from getting sick or hurt and in return all they wanted was to read some of my stories, I’d be thrilled.Beings don’t live in isolation. We live in systems like communities and ecosystems. We don’t work only to benefit ourselves. We work to benefit each other. And that’s how it should be. -- source link