Are we stealing honey from bees?

And so yes, in taking the honey from a beehive we are, in effect, 'stealing' the food that the bees have worked so hard to make for themselves. Bees need two main foods to survive, and both are collected from flowers; protein (in the form of pollen) and carbohydrate (in the form of sugar).
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Do humans steal honey from bees?

But on a factory farm, she'll never benefit from all her labor. After beekeepers steal all the honey from the hive, they keep the bees alive by feeding them sugary syrup and other subpar nutrients or just kill the entire hive—between 20,000 and 80,000 bees.
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Are bees mad we take their honey?

If you're new to keeping bees, you might wonder: do bees get mad when you take their honey? Harvesting honey does not anger or hurt the bees unless you are greedy and take too much. When done properly, bees are undisturbed when honey is harvested. Responsible beekeepers always leave enough honey for the hive.
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Why do we steal bees honey?

Honey is sold to make money, not to help the bees.

Bees are overworked just so that large organizations can make money from their honey. That's like if you worked really hard to create something and then someone else stole it from you, sold it, and even kept the money.
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Are humans stealing bees food?

In sophisticated night heists, thieves are stealing thousands of bees. Why? Eighty percent of the world's almonds are grown in California's Central Valley.
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Are bees tortured for honey?

Most people are unaware that billions of bees are tortured, imprisoned, and factory farmed during the collection of honey for human consumption.
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Why do vegans avoid honey?

Vegans try to avoid or minimize all forms of animal exploitation, including that of bees. As a result, most vegans exclude honey from their diets.
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Do bees like when we take their honey?

No, harvesting honey and taking it from bees is not wrong, morally or otherwise. Bees are able to adapt to the loss of honey resources and most importantly, good beekeepers make sure to leave adequate honey in the beehive for the survival of the colony.
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Are we abusing bees?

Huge numbers of bees suffer in a variety of ways from their exploitation by humans to make honey1 and other products. Many people may think that bees don't suffer.
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Is eating honey ethical?

Honey is only as good as the beekeepers who extract it.

If you're open to eating honey, look for a product that comes from beekeepers who practice ethical and biodynamic beekeeping. The three types of beekeepers that use ethical practices are Balanced Beekeepers, Natural Beekeepers, and Biodynamic Beekeepers.
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Is beekeeping harmful to bees?

Initiatives such as urban beekeeping put more pressure on wild bees and worsen the decline. Honeybees are extremely efficient at collecting pollen and returning it to their hives, but as a consequence they transfer little to the flowers they visit.
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Can honey be cruelty free?

Can Honey Be Cruelty-Free? Honey can be considered cruelty-free if the beekeeper allows the bees to live in their natural state. This means that the bees are allowed to swarm and forage naturally, feed off their own honey through the winter months, and produce their own queen.
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Can you keep bees without harvesting honey?

You can keep honeybees without harvesting honey but its not recommended due to several negative consequences. Your bees won't have enough room to store excess honey, will become overpopulated, and then swarm. Swarming of unmaintained colonies increases the spread of disease and pests to other healthy colonies.
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Do bees make extra honey for beekeepers?

Thankfully, bees work very hard and often make more honey than they need, which allows beekeepers to harvest the excess. On average, a beekeeper can expect to yield about 50 pounds (4.2 gallons) of honey each year from a healthy colony in a fertile area.
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Is harvesting honey cruel?

So what you want the public to know is…

"Beekeepers are not hurting bees intentionally when they are harvesting honey. Almost everyone is doing it the same way I am doing it, although some are on a much larger scale. So it is helpful to clear this up: Harvesting honey does not hurt any bees. We love bees."
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Why should we not eat honey?

Honey is meant as a health food; a health food for bees. The more we interfere with their natural processes, both by relying on farmed bees as pollinators (rather then other native wild bees, insects or animals) and to feed our desires for “sweets,” the closer we're coming to agricultural disaster.
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Is smoking bees cruel?

A bee smoker is the device beekeepers use to puff smoke into their hives. This smoke doesn't harm bees, it just interferes with their sense of smell so that they don't react to alarm pheromones. Bee smokers are usually referred to as “smokers” for short.
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What do bees do with excess honey?

Beekeepers have their own special word for “too much of a good thing.” That word is honey-bound, and it's what happens when the worker bees are producing so much honey they're forced to store it in the brood box. There are five standard pantry items you'll always find stored in your hive's cells.
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Is organic honey ethical?

Is organic honey better than conventional? Certified organic honeys are, by definition, associated with better and more sustainable beekeeping practices. Beekeepers who follow guidelines for organic and natural honey production are in more synergy with the environment around them and with the health of their bees.
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Why do bees get mad?

The fighting bees release an alarm pheromone—an odor that warns other bees of the danger. The alarm pheromone makes other honey bees aggressive, and more fighting means more pheromone is released which means more bees join the fray.
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Do vegans live longer?

When separated from the rest, vegans had a 15% lower risk of dying prematurely from all causes, indicating that a vegan diet may indeed help people live longer than those who adhere to vegetarian or omnivorous eating patterns ( 5 ).
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Is honey OK on plant based diet?

Products that come from insects such as honey and beeswax are generally not considered vegan or suitable for vegans. Although honey is technically not a plant or made from a plant (it's bee vomit) many people who follow a plant based diet that do not identify as vegans will eat honey.
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Is Manuka honey vegan?

Manuka honey is not vegan or a vegan type of honey as it is also processed by the bees when they extract nectar from the manuka plant, so vegans can't really have Manuka honey on this diet, What is this? Generally, after bees have digested the honey, it is stored in combs.
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Do bees feel pain after they sting?

However, based on current scientific evidence, they don't appear capable of experiencing pain.
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Are bees in pain after they sting?

The short answer is:

No, of the bees capable of stinging, only honey bees die after stinging, due to the sting becoming lodged into human skin, thus injuring the bee as it tries to fly away. Other species, such as bumble bees, can sting repeatedly without dying.
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