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This is exactly what I came in here to ask about. I was reading this article and wondering whether one contributing factor for colony collapse is that these vas
by smcl 9y ago
This is exactly what I came in here to ask about. I was reading this article and wondering whether one contributing factor for colony collapse is that these vast Almond farms alone simply cannot sustain the bee population in the areas they dominate.
- saalweachter 9y agoMany wild bees are also specialists, and they will just raise a single generation each year during the appropriate flowering season. They hatch, go wild on their target species, and then lay a batch of eggs for next year. Many wild bee species are correspondingly more efficient than the generalist honey bees; a handful of orchard bees can pollinate an apple orchard faster than a hive of honeybees. Some of these species are pressed more by climate change; at the talk I heard on the subject, these bees have a narrow latitude band they survive in, and as temperatures increase they tend to push up against their northern limit than shift north.