Eat Honey T-Shirt

Eat Honey T-Shirt

Show support for your local bee colony with these new naturally dyed T-shirts!

This 'Eat Honey' T-shirt pack includes a male and female version, which both come in 7 colours. This is a standalone T-shirt, and will not replace anything in your game. The zip file includes the two shirts separately, so you can decide to install either or both. The print is the same for either version.


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Eating honey is an important way to help save the bees, but there is also pushback against this food. Although well meant, not eating honey actually holds back beekeepers from helping to save the bees.

Beekeepers work hard to keep their hives healthy. Mites, parasites, and pesticides threaten the hive, and it is the beekeepers job to help the hive survive. Hives watched over by beekeepers have greatly increased chances of survival than wild colonies. Whilst the colony is active during the warmer months, a colony will produce two to three times the honey they require to feed themselves during the winter. A beekeeper is specialised to remove the excess with minimal stress to the hive. Additionally, the income a beekeeper makes from selling honey and related products helps them invest in their work, allowing for continued support of the bee population. Plus, it’s not just the bee population that’s supported: having bees near farms actually increases the yields of fruits and vegetables.



Sources:

Carolina Honeybees. “Awesome Benefits of Keeping Bees.” October 27, 2022. https://carolinahoneybees.com/beekeeping-benefits/.

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Goulson, Dave, Elizabeth Nicholls, Cristina Botías, and Ellen L. Rotheray. “Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers.” Science 347, no. 6229 (February 2015): 1-9. DOI: 10.1126/science.1255957.

Just Bee. “Is Beekeeping Cruel?” December 30, 2022. https://justbeehoney.co.uk/blogs/ju...eekeeping-cruel.

Kristen, Hannah, Laura-Effit Seib-Pfeifer, Charlotte A. Lüth, Daniel L. Rosenfeld. “Validation and application of a German version of the Dietarian Identity Questionnare: Revealing differences between omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans.” Food Quality and Preference 86. (2020): 1-11.

The British Beekeepers Association. “Honey.” Accessed January 23, 2024. https://www.bbka.org.uk/faqs/honey-faqs.