alt Hacker News1) there are millions of honeybee hives in north america. Therefore thare a millions of queens associated with those hives
2) its very easy/straightforward to take a honeybee larve and raise it to be a queen (i.e. let it feed on royal jelly).
If you find animal research to be problematic, none of this changes anything. However, this did nothing to hurt honeybee colonies in north america.
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Not to take from the thrust your comment but just so you know, bumblebees and honeybees are not the same species.. Bumblebee nests are somewhat different than hives, and the way in which they develop is different also.
Ti me it seems that the opinion is the result of anthropomorphizing bees. They exist in a different social order. Their survival depends on things that, if people were organized in such way, it would seem very wrong to people. Their survival depends on numbers much more than human survival. They’re just not equivalent.
I suppose I’m still not fully onboard, but I appreciate the thoughtful comment. It provides more perspective.