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> Generally speaking, a university with a Honey Bee research program should at least have someone with an entomology background monitoring the project.
Hi all,
Having worked at Cornell University in both the Honey Bee wing of the Entomology Department and the animal research branch of the Veterinary School, for a total of 20 years, I believe I have seen all sides of this issue. Of interest is the fact that Dr. Tom Seeley allied himself with neither of these; he was a professor in the Neurobiology Dept.
Entomology mostly studies how to get rid of insects, there is not so much emphasis on insect culture. There is no oversight of the humane or ethical treatment of invertebrates. The Veterinary world sort of got roped into concerning itself with honey bee health, due to the federal government's direction/interference.
But even at the level of neurobiological study of the honey bee, there is no hesitation to "sacrifice" bees for research aims. I wrote a piece for the American Bee Journal on this topic, titled "Ethical Beekeeping." My views are presented there in full. (ABJ May 2019). This topic deserves more than a cursory discussion.
PLB
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