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Date: | Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:53:55 -0500 |
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I would temper this with two observations:
1) Honey Bees are native to Europe - unless you want to consider them immigrants from African/Middle East,
2) Modern research concerning the interactions of honey bees and 'native bees' don't necessarily support the honey bees are bad, native bees are good. Sometimes a bit of competition has unexpected benefits.
3) Pollination is pollination - the current plants don't really care whether the pollinator is native, non-native, managed, or unmanaged. The next generation of plants will reflect the benefit of pollination.
4) I well understand that some native pollinators and plants have very specialized relationships - but those the require a very specific fit probably won't see much impact from honey bees. However, the plant community in a wild setting needs pollinators to thrive.
My point, which is overly simplistic is actually a critique of cherry-picking literature to support a 'sky is falling' hypothesis. Can there be adverse impacts from over-stocking - of course.
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