Native bee species are indeed in decline, and domesticated bees certainly are not helping. At best they're competition. Ran into that while deciding whether or

Native bee species are indeed in decline, and domesticated bees certainly are not helping. At best they're competition. Ran into that while deciding whether or not to keep eating honey after I went vegan. Biased source: https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/food/is-honey-vegan-the-not-so-sweet-truth/ https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/food/is-honey-vegan-the... Trace their sources, and you end up on EU publications: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/redlist/downloads/European_bees.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species... And the IUCN red list https://www.iucnredlist.org/ https://www.iucnredlist.org/ About 1/10 of the EU's bee species are red listed.