> we're supporting the wrong bees
Our farms don’t work with bumblebees. Honeybees are fine. The problem is thinking we only need honeybees. We need more bees of all kinds. And in some cases, yes, that may mean fewer honeybees.
> we're supporting the wrong bees
Our farms don’t work with bumblebees. Honeybees are fine. The problem is thinking we only need honeybees. We need more bees of all kinds. And in some cases, yes, that may mean fewer honeybees.
the non-native honeybees used in commercial farming are responsible for the diminishing numbers of native honeybees that co-evolved to pollinate native plant life
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81967-1
we've been screwing up the global ecosystem for hundreds of years at this point with farming techniques spread by european colonization