The European honeybee in the Americas is kinda a double edged sword. It's an invasive species, which both steals resources from and spreads diseases to native bees. However, for better or worse at this point a good portion of agriculture is dependent upon the European honey bee.

... And they produce honey, which I like.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Capitalism. I should have known. Thanks for the context!

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

It's a little more complicated than that, honey bees are great generalists and there have been a lot of winners among North American plants. But yeah, "capitalism" isn't far off the mark.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

....how do you arrive at Capitalism from "a good portion of our agriculture"?

[–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

Simple. A good portion of our agriculture is based on capitalism. Prior to the industrial revolution (capitalism) there weren't nation sized monoculture farms full of identical genetic freakshow plants.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Because agriculture itself isn’t a problem. Rampant (and unnecessary) exploitation, to satiate artificial scarcity is.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago

Because as we all know, socialists don't need food.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

Here's an idea...feed native bees this stuff as needed?