• SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
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    6 hours ago

    You could, but bees overproduce honey. There’s literally no drawbacks to taking the surplus besides maybe preventing the colony from sending off new queens quite as often, and mildly disturbing the hive when it’s done. (A lot of honey bees are pretty chill about it, even without a smoker.)

    I don’t jive with the wing clipping though.