Michael Cervieri on Nostr: give it up for native bees: "While European honeybees get most credit for crop ...
give it up for native bees:
"While European honeybees get most credit for crop pollination, wild bees in North America are also critical. This is in part because wild bees can be incredibly efficient at their work—a mere 100 native orchard mason bees can do the equivalent pollination work of tens of thousands of honeybees."
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/here-a-bee-there-a-bee-everywhere-a-wild-bee/
#nature #bees #pollinators #ecology
"While European honeybees get most credit for crop pollination, wild bees in North America are also critical. This is in part because wild bees can be incredibly efficient at their work—a mere 100 native orchard mason bees can do the equivalent pollination work of tens of thousands of honeybees."
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/here-a-bee-there-a-bee-everywhere-a-wild-bee/
#nature #bees #pollinators #ecology