Bee Loss Stings Local Farmers, Stirs Action (Central Calif)

[rabbitgeek]

Bee Loss Stings Local Farmers, Stirs Action
Growers Cultivate New Bee Habitats to Stem Shortfall
Christine Souza, Special Contributor to The Sacramento Union
Published: October 16, 2008

http://www.sacunion.com/pages/educat..._stirs_action/

or this tinyurl
http://tinyurl.com/sacunionnativebee

Short version: Farmers in Central Calif using native plants & grasses to aid beneficial insects find that native pollinators also benefit.

Have a good day!

visit: Native Bees North America on yahoo groups
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/NativeBeesNA

[Callieslamb]

Honey bees aren't the only pollinators - they are just the most efficient. A honey bee will stay with the blossoms of one kind of plant while other pollinators go for example, from apple to pear to peach back to the apple.

[MELOC]

i had lots of bumble bees working hard for me this year.