> In no place could I find any STATED GOAL of native pollinators to COMPETE with beekeepers.

> You can help!  Please contact your senator and let them know that native pollinators are very important to the future of agriculture.

> Why are native bees so helpful? Collectively, native bees are more versatile than honey bees. Some species, such as mason bees, are active when conditions are too cold or wet for honey bees. Many species also are simply more efficient at moving pollen between flowers. Bumble bees and several other native species can buzz pollinate flowers - vibrating the flower to release pollen from deep inside the pollen-bearing anthers - which honey bees cannot do. Crops such as tomatoes, cranberries, and blueberries produce larger, more abundant fruit when buzz pollinated.


ACTIVE, MORE EFFICIENT, LARGER, MORE ABUNDANT!
NATIVE POLLINATORS! FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE!

Sounds like ad copy to me.

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