Historically, we began our relationship with bees when somebody discovered that the taste of honey was well worth the pain it cost to harvest. We became honey-hunters and, while there were few of us and many of them, this was sustainable.
When somebody discovered that it was possible to offer shelter to honeybees while they made their honey, and then kill them off to raid their stores, we became beekeepers, and while there were few beekeepers and many honeybees, this too was sustainable.
Then someone invented a way to house bees that did not require them to be killed, but instead allowed people ...
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