Indeed we should be paying attention to bees. Wild pollinators are being assaulted by pesticides and by honey bees outcompeting them. This matters because hone

Indeed we should be paying attention to bees. Wild pollinators are being assaulted by pesticides and by honey bees outcompeting them. This matters because honey bees do not pollinate all the plants we care about. Whole regions of China have managed to exterminate their pollinator species, such that fruit trees must be pollinated by hand.