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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Doug Freyburger" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Just Cocky wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > >Well, I'm a semi-raw-vegetarian, so honey, granola, whey protein are no
> > > >no's for me, thinking repeated eatings. I've got enough to play with.
> > >
> > > If you are a strict vegetarian (vegan), I understand why you wouldn't
> > > want whey protein (comes from milk) but honey
> >
> > The usual way to get honey is to kill a hive of bees, so I get why
> > honey might be a problem for vegitarians.
>
> Uh, no, modern honey production does NOT kill the bees.
Mostly right. Harvesting a hive does not kill the bees. Most beekeepers
overwinter their hives. Up here in the north, though, it isn't always
feasible and you could end up with a weakened and disease prone hive by
springtime. So most times they are killed off and new queens ordered
from down south in the spring.
> A properly managed bee hive makes far more honey than the bees can use!
> Enough is always left for their consumption.
True on both points.
>
> I'd suggest you read up on apiology
Always a fascinating topic.
TC
>
> >
> > > and granola I don't get...
> >
> > Made with honey? Else I don't get it either.
>
> Some people are idiots?
>
>
> >
> --
> Om.
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Doug Freyburger" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Just Cocky wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > >
> > > >Well, I'm a semi-raw-vegetarian, so honey, granola, whey protein are no
> > > >no's for me, thinking repeated eatings. I've got enough to play with.
> > >
> > > If you are a strict vegetarian (vegan), I understand why you wouldn't
> > > want whey protein (comes from milk) but honey
> >
> > The usual way to get honey is to kill a hive of bees, so I get why
> > honey might be a problem for vegitarians.
>
> Uh, no, modern honey production does NOT kill the bees.
Mostly right. Harvesting a hive does not kill the bees. Most beekeepers
overwinter their hives. Up here in the north, though, it isn't always
feasible and you could end up with a weakened and disease prone hive by
springtime. So most times they are killed off and new queens ordered
from down south in the spring.
> A properly managed bee hive makes far more honey than the bees can use!
> Enough is always left for their consumption.
True on both points.
>
> I'd suggest you read up on apiology
Always a fascinating topic.
TC
>
> >
> > > and granola I don't get...
> >
> > Made with honey? Else I don't get it either.
>
> Some people are idiots?
>
>
> >
> --
> Om.
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson