• courageousstep@lemm.ee
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    24 hours ago

    I was ready for this delicacy until I saw the inclusion of baby bees. In a world where food was scarce and bees were plenty, I wouldn’t care. And maybe bees are more plentiful there and it isn’t a big deal. But…I dunno. It doesn’t sit right with me.

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      23 hours ago

      Thr amount of bees that an average colony loses every day to natural hazards is way higher than would be lost with a serving of this.

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        23 hours ago

        Okay. Let’s add to the natural loss of baby bees by eating more of them. We don’t need bees anyway.

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          News item here in US claimed recently that food inflation is partly due to bees* dying. I believe the last part, not sure how much it contributes to the first part.

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          ‘The amount of bees that a couple million average colonies loses every day to natural hazards is way higher than would be lost with a couple million servings of this.’ Or ‘The amount of bees that an average colony loses every couple million days to natural hazards is way higher than than would be lost with a couple servings of this’

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    24 hours ago

    I am uncertain as to what this phrase intends:

    The bee larvae are voluntarily kept within the honeycomb during the preparation…

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        21 hours ago

        Oh that’s good to hear, based on another person’s comment it seemed like maybe the queen was just offering them up without their consent

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      22 hours ago

      as opposed to doing it on accident or by chance, I think is the intent. They are choosing to keep the bee larvae in.

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        21 hours ago

        Are you saying that the Queen Bee is in on it? Like, she just volunteers her little larvae babies to be human snacks?

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          Sacrifices made as an offer to their God who keeps them safe and provides them with housing. An honourable exchange!

          If only us humans would follow their example. Then we could solve the housing problems we have all around the world with ease!