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Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honeybees are a non-native livestock species. Their survival rates tell us nothing about the health of the ecosystem, only the agricultural practices.

The bees we need to save are the solitary native bees. http://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you. It drives me wild that "save the bees!" campaigns seem to be all about domesticated bees and not the mason bees, bumblebees, and other native species. Also drives me wild: when folks recommend planting invasive species because "they support pollinators." Yeah so do many native species; wtf do you think insects ate for millions of years before we showed up?