That's kind of sad... I'm really into bees and I totally understand the decision of euthanizing the hive but, still... This is one of the reasons I love melipo

That's kind of sad... I'm really into bees and I totally understand the decision of euthanizing the hive but, still... This is one of the reasons I love melipona so much, stingless bees depending on the species can be as productive as these nasty bees from the video (given eco-restrictions, local market etc). The reason these bees are used is because the market got so used to them over the centuries in Europe and it was built around its production rate of honey but if stingless bees were to have the same incentives they would be as much if not more productive. I consider these western honey bees to be invasive species and many melipona can't fight them successfully. Besides, of course, the whole ecology reasoning behind it as stingless bees sometimes are the only ones who can polinate local species (at least here in Brazil they are super essential and I am glad their hives are growing in popularity honey-wise). Poor bees...