I understand skepticism, but blanket accusations like this don’t help anyone. They alienate people and ignore the nuance of ethical animal husbandry, which is about supporting and respecting animals in ways that align with their natural behaviours. If we want real change, we need thoughtful conversations—not empty accusations.

I thought beekeepers helped them not only by feeding them when they didn’t have access to flowers but also medicating them against mites and diseases etc like a pet kinda that makes delicious barf. If they have access to food all the time they won’t need all the stored up honey right? My neighbor used to keep bees and once a queen was swarming to find a new home and we thought it was his bees but it was some random queen so he was like yay free bees and came got her and the bees w her