Not all of them are enslaved. One of my hives swarmed last year and about 6 pounds of them left.
I have a little whip I use whenever their productivity falls too low. I also torture one or two every month or so just to show them who the boss is.
I've never gotten a satisfactory answer to my question about whether vegetarians can eat Elysia chlorotica. It is a slug that gets it nourishment through photosynthesis so it is effectively an animal/plant hybrid. Since it gets its nourishment via photosynthesis like a plant can vegetarians eat it?
John Thornton