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Realistically, the only plants which rely on honeybee pollination are from eastern europe, since that's where honeybees lived before the indo-european expansion
by likpok 8y ago
Realistically, the only plants which rely on honeybee pollination are from eastern europe, since that's where honeybees lived before the indo-european expansion.
So any plant that's say native to the new world (corn, beans, squash, tomatoes) must not rely on honeybees for pollination.
This is not to say that there's not a bee problem: non-honey bees suffer from habitat loss (and a lack of investment keeping them around).
- pvaldes 8y agoThe honeybee origin is African rainforests, there are a few of other honeybees species native from Asian rainforests also. Some families of plants native of Europe use bees, other not. Is more about plant phylogeny than about geography. Similar species of flowers in other areas are quickly adopted by bees when available.