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Many beekeepers want to lessen the chance of "swarming," where the bees decide to move their hive somewhere else, by clipping the queen bee's wings. So instead of protection money, it's more like the bees got their kneecaps busted in after a visit from Big Tony.
Well historically...kinda. Honiused to be Spring harvested because what was left the colony didn't need to survive winter. Now we take more and feed them sugar or corn syrup Which is awful.
Meh, Honeybee Queens get their wings clipped. Also honeybees take away the food from local polllinators, killing of wild bees in the process.
Not always, not everywhere. You can keep bees without clipping the queen's wings.
Mhm, anthromorphizing insects now.
I mean whether they actually understand the dynamic is a moot point. They're still willingly staying. They would leave if resources weren't plentiful or if conditions were dangerous.
I never thought about it but yeah, that’s exactly what is going on here whether the bees realize it or not
Vegans hate this one simple ~~trick~~ arrangement