Nice post. I don't keep bees, and as a family we only use honey now for medicinal reasons. For us we wanted to try and reduce the amount of honey we use.For me I think we should let them rejuvenate and not take their honey at all. It's good to plant flowers for them and even have hives for them to use, but I think that should be the only interaction we have with them until their numbers build up again.
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I agree it’s important to let bees rejuvenate, and honey has so many benefits to us humans. I will add that bees don’t work at full capacity, I’ve heard it said they work at 1/3. If managed graciously, I don’t feel there is anything wrong with harvesting the valuable honey crop. This said it is VERY important to do so only if the bees have more than enough stored.