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Honey bees aren't at risk of extinction
But the other bees and pollinators are. And thats scary.
The distinction is key. Honeybees are one of the biggest reason other Bees and native pollinators are going extinct. Honey bees are voracious foragers and will out compete almost all other pollinators.
There are anti honey bee non profits with missions between eradicating honey bee nests they find to just relocating them to places where they can be used for monocrops.
If the extreme native pollinator crowd got their way we would all be fucked as honey bees currently account for 75% of ag pollination, with the remainder mostly being self pollinated plants.
If they keep making them into lip balm they are
Sometimes jokes where the punchline are based around absurdity will simplify or ignore the nuance of reality for the sake of a joke.
Ain't nobody going to educate the millions of people who don't give two shits about facts and science about the vast diversity of bee species and other flying insects.
If people start doing more to help "honey bees" broadly like growing wild flowering plants and reducing pesticide use, it will also help the other native species.
Let me put it another way, we need to BE VERY CAREFUL about trying to over-lecture about this kind of situation. We're in a climate where trying to teach people knowledge isn't received as a gift or benefit. Teachers are tuning their lessons for 7-minute attention spans and high emotional sensitivity, we all need to do the same.