Whatever happened to the bee apocalypse?

Post by mandelbrotwurst » Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 5:23 PM UTC

jamal-kumar wrote: post #22

kibwen wrote: post #13

This article buries its lede, which is about how honey bees get all the attention but are at less risk than wild bees: > And that brings us to the actual problem. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is only one of about 20 thousand different bee species. The non-honey bees are usually referred to as wild bees, and each location has its native species. According to an estimate from researchers at Cornell University in 2006…

I think the colloquial term for (edit; the most commonly well-known) many wild bees in English is "bumblebees". They're often burrowing species that don't have honey producing hives (They do stuff like make little caves in moss, dirt, and underbrush), and are often crucial pollinators of certain species of plants which are specifically attractive to certain wild bees (Orchids are a good example here) but which domest…

Post by jessaustin » Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

mandelbrotwurst wrote: post #31

jamal-kumar wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the colloquial term for (edit; the most commonly well-known) many wild bees in English is "bumblebees". They're often burrowing species that don't have honey producing hives (They do stuff like make little caves in moss, dirt, and underbrush), and are often crucial pollinators of certain species of plants which are specifically attractive to certain wild bees (Orchids are a good example here) but which domest…

Hi, why would beekeeping harm wild species please?

Post by excalibur » Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

Post by jamal-kumar » Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

mandelbrotwurst wrote: post #31

jamal-kumar wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the colloquial term for (edit; the most commonly well-known) many wild bees in English is "bumblebees". They're often burrowing species that don't have honey producing hives (They do stuff like make little caves in moss, dirt, and underbrush), and are often crucial pollinators of certain species of plants which are specifically attractive to certain wild bees (Orchids are a good example here) but which domest…

Hi, why would beekeeping harm wild species please?

Post by throwaway1777 » Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

jamal-kumar wrote: post #22

kibwen wrote: post #13

This article buries its lede, which is about how honey bees get all the attention but are at less risk than wild bees: > And that brings us to the actual problem. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is only one of about 20 thousand different bee species. The non-honey bees are usually referred to as wild bees, and each location has its native species. According to an estimate from researchers at Cornell University in 2006…

I think the colloquial term for (edit; the most commonly well-known) many wild bees in English is "bumblebees". They're often burrowing species that don't have honey producing hives (They do stuff like make little caves in moss, dirt, and underbrush), and are often crucial pollinators of certain species of plants which are specifically attractive to certain wild bees (Orchids are a good example here) but which domest…