Why

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peto@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 1y

For honour, for the hive, for things ordinary humans can not understand.

The real sad thing is after stabbing their opponent the winning beekeeper dies anyway.

lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y

I'd you had a queen, you would understand

TheBat@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
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Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y

You must know the sting of the blade to prepare thyself for the sting of the bee.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

To show favour to the queen bee and to improve moral of the other bees that they are well protected and can relax to make more honey.

verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Because there are 10000 ways to successfully raise healthy bees. Arrrgh. source: hobbyist beekeeper

smee@poeng.link · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

See that's where you're wrong, there's only one way of raising healthy bees. Every body else has it wrong.

Source: I've discussed my own hobby online as well.

verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

Haha, be my friend, join me in this corner, we can be mean to the others together!

saltnotsugar@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y

Honey addiction is real and tearing our communities apart.

Lembot_0002@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
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Pumafred9@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

That's the one thing Beekeepers don't do; stand down. Not unlike bees themselves, Beekeepers keep working until they die

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 1y

This is how they resolve issues when they are on the fence about something. That's why it's called fencing.

sylver_dragon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

That's just active equipment testing. Sure, a suit may claim to protect you, but you don't actually know it will protect you until it's been thoroughly stabbed a few times.

glorkon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I discuss this and other important topics in my new book "The Naked Apiarist: Elementary Mistakes in Beekeeping".

CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

You know it's a shitty world when even the beekeepers are fighting each other.