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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That seems a bit like complaining that cattle are replacing native deer.

They may occupy the same niche, but one feeds people and the other does not.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but people don't make a big deal about "save the deer!" and then start a cattle ranch

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

When people talk about saving the bees they usually mean the ones responsible for feeding us.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

Because deer are also invasive and aren't needed for cattle breeding. Not a great analogy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Well, I think the insidious problem about honeybees is that people often say "save the bees" and mean only honeybees. But it is a domesticated species that doesn't need any saving. Meanwhile endangered species get forgotten altogether.