3 ms·

That's nice, but the honeybee population is not declining. https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88117/err-246.pdf?v=43186 https://www.ers.usda.gov/web

• andyjohnson0 8y ago
  Is the wild bee population also increasing, or is the increase due to the beekeeping "industry" (as it is termed in your [1])?
  • azeotropic 8y ago
    Nobody knows. But most crop pollination is performed by wild bee species that are common, not threatened or endangered. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8414 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8414 For an acerbic look at the "... but wild bees" argument, see: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_8913974 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_8913974
• pixel_ 8y ago
  That's nice, but none of those articles address wild populations.
  • ada1981 8y ago
    Nice people on all sides.
  • azeotropic 8y ago
    The original article is about Morgan Freeman keeping honeybees, in case you didn't read it.
• lostlogin 8y ago
  Hive numbers are on a steep increase in New Zealand. In 10 years we have more than doubled the number. Honey prices are falling for beekeepers though, so many are expecting a bit of an industry crash. Our wild bees are not doing so well. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/01/31/79714/the-dark-side-of-nzs-honey-bee https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/01/31/79714/the-dark-side-of... https://www.airborne.co.nz/statistics/new-zealand.shtml https://www.airborne.co.nz/statistics/new-zealand.shtml