>>planting/harvesting sugar cane 
simply displaces other kinds of vegitation 


A large portion of the honey we produce comes directly from cultivated 
crops.  
Do we also consider this carbon output?  Or do we just simply act as it is 
merely a by product our bees are making use from?

All I know, is I wouldn't be collecting the huge amount of honey every 
year if the farmers didn't grow the crop that gave me that abundant amount 
of nectar,...

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