Yes , the argument is often made that we humans are only taking the surplus honey that bees don ' t want or don ’ t need , and yet this claim is also untrue ... Commercial bee farms ( again , from where the vast majority of your store-bought honey comes ) frequently remove all their hives ' fall-season honey , and then either feed their bee colonies sugar syrup over the winter or let them die off completely . And it is also common for all bee honey operations to take all of a hive ' s spring-season " crop " as well , forcing those bees to then work in " sweat-shop " fashion over the summer months to replenish their suddenly depleted stores of food for the coming winter – stores that will then again be stolen by the bee farmer , whereupon the cycle of enslavement starts all over again .
In conclusion , then , while it might reasonably be stated that the harms suffered by honey bees pale in comparison to the tortured lives of farmed chickens , farmed pigs & farmed cows , there is no doubt that farmed honey bees are deeply harmed & that farmed honey bees DO suffer greatly . There is no sweetener of any kind that is patently necessary for humans to ingest in order to live long & healthy lives , and numerous plant-based sweeteners are becoming quite easy to procure . As such , since honey causes suffering and eating honey is completely unnecessary , consider choosing to sweeten your life with something other than the stress & suffering of others .
Thank you .
Current status of this Myth : Refuted Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
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