I wonder how much of the decrease in native bees is due to the trend of people keeping honey bees. Flowers have only so much nectar and pollen. A honey bees cou

I wonder how much of the decrease in native bees is due to the trend of people keeping honey bees. Flowers have only so much nectar and pollen. A honey bees could be consuming most of the available food for miles from the hive. I have never seen this possibility mentioned. Most people thinking of getting a single hobby hive, I get the feeling, are generally nature loving people. I would guess that if they knew that their hive would decimate the local native flower visiting insect population they would not want one.