two Randy Oliver snips followed by > my comments..
 
Bees are always going to have problems, but there is a difference between
setting out an empty hive and waiting for a swarm to move into it on its
own accord, as opposed to obtaining a colony of bees from elsewhere, which
then confers the responsibility for ethical care of that animal.

>so ethics is only about money spent? Again the question arise are you speaking about ethics or moral? 

If you purchased a dog, and due to a genetic flaw it was unable to control
the mange mite, it's hair would start to fall out, and its skin would
become covered with scabs.  The dog would be miserable and suffering.

>You are drifting a bit toward anthropomorphic reasoning here and seem to think there is no physical remedy for mange in a dog.  Certainly applying the same compound some beekeeper apply to a honey bee hive would provide a quicker remedy but then again most of us do not eat our dogs.

Gene... hanging out on the left coast 

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