In this thread: Animals only deserve to live if they have a direct use case to us humans. People here are not sure whats alle the fuss about mass extinction. Carry on beloved free market capitalism.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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Save all bees. Except carpenter bees, which are to be terminated with extreme prejudice.
(/s obviously, I'm sure they are important to the larger ecosystem somehow)
Fucking carpenter bees (aka winged termites). Ironically, the males have no stingers but they are extremely aggressive and will kamakazi dive bomb you in the face repeatedly if you get near the entrance to the nest.
I don't mind bees if they're minding their own business, but once those carpenter bees started trying to burrow or whatever into my shed and fence I was quite annoyed ha.
It looks like they're good pollinators, but leave my shit alone.
Yeah fuck those guys. Had an awning built over our patio and didn't even get through the whole summer before one started digging a hole into one of the rafters. Our backyard is now a no-fly zone for those bastards.
What commercial purpose do non-honey bees serve??? Why should we save them???
Edit: yeesh, didn't think that needed an /s
Edit: yeesh, didn’t think that needed an /s
The best piece of advice someone gave me about social media is "always assume you're talking to a 12 year old kid with autism"
Viewing things from a solely commercial perspective is myopic and like most capitalistic business practitioners, promotes a mindset that thinks waaay too short term. You can't make your money off your crops decades from when you're only thinking about this quarters profits. Put simply, the selfish you today fucks yourself over tomorrow.
But even if you were to take this myopic and short sighted approach, Honey Bees are just average pollinators amongst a diverse range of insects and some small birds.
Additionally planting a wide variety of drought resistant flora is better for both wild as well as domesticated pollinators and is a more environmentally friendly practice than just keeping honey bees.
I offer two points for consideration:
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Bees help plants maintain genetic diversity among certain plants that other pollinators may not target. Genetic diversity helps maintain a thriving variety of plant, tolerant to different environments. Especially important is our environments are changing.
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Animals that are bred until they cannot survive outside of certain environments, (co-dependence) are destined to become extinct in the absence of said environment. (In case there's any confusion, insects fall under the umbrella of "animals" taxonomically. Also, in this sentence, the codependent animals may be humans.)
Diverse populations of bees provide benefits and necessities outside of commercial purposes, and are going the way of the American Bison. (Please note the differences from the way of the dinosaur.)
Bumble bees run a popular online dating platform
Panel 1: 😏 Panel 2: /s right?
Panel 3: 😏 Panel 4: …right?
Obviously, didn't think I'd need the /s here of all places. 😓
Save the bumblefucks
We have a bee hotel and it's so damn cute seeing these little solitary bees filling up the holes.
We probably have 20-30 nests.
Yay! Me too! I had so many different species visit my yard this year. Like 3 different species of big 'bumble bees'. And so many of the other kind. I like the iridescent green one!! :-D
Bumblebees are so fuzzy! They're adorable.
Love me some fat bees
Moreso. Everyone started getting honey bees that it’s now having an impact on native bees.
Honey bees got hyped up as a problem because the large agricultural industries that relied on them was having a problem. It is an actual problem but not just honey bees. Everyone got so hyped that we’ve note got the old problem and a new problem too.
If you hate wasps its because you're a coward and deserve to be stung anyway
I don't hate wasps, but I wish they'd realize the apple I'm eating comes from the tree right behind me, that has a thousand more for them to munch on
Open one for it. They smell the sweet delicious insides but can't smell the skin
95% of the ones on the trees are already pricked open by whatever animal found them
#allbeesmatter
yeah... and arent the threatened bess only the ones that live alone and arent used by humans to make honey anyway?
Fuck wasps tho
But hornets are cute. And they eat wasps
I keep (as much as solitary bees can be "kept") native mason and leafcutter bees every year. I love when they first emerge from their cocoons. They're so tiny and adorable. They're also completely non-aggressive and never mind when I mess with their bee houses (mostly to remove spider webs). My plants love the bees as well.
Can't get on board with this. fuck non honey bees.
Wasp and hornet populations are bigger than ever. They are pests that don't need our support. We are doing them a huge favor by raising the earth's temperature. They love this. In my area wasps are easily more noticeable over the past few years as summers have gotten hotter and hotter. I've never had so many issues with carpenter bees either.