i feel like this is the same for other animal products. for a lot of them there is an ethical way of sourcing them, which costs more and you would need to reduce your consumption of it. but this extreme view on veganism and animal products confuses me.
t-3•7h ago
1/3 of colonies dying in winter sounds bad, and is certainly inefficient from an agricultural perspective, but wild hives don't have better survival rates. Parasites are an issue mostly due to beekeepers historically favoring breeds which were fine before mites were a big problem but don't have good grooming behaviors to deal with the modern situation. Due to higher productivity and "that's how we've always done it", they still use those slovenly breeds.