"https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoc-toh012318.php Same stuff usually seen from the Native Pollinator vs Honeybee arguments, but a step further with suggested restrictions on honeybees.

Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine"

Bill I love the disclaimer at the bottom of the article:

"Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system."

Also, no comments section allowed such that errors may be put right! One has to wonder at the ethical standards and commercial motivations of posting un-proofed materials.

There was a council movement in one of our local municipalities to ban honey bees out of concern they are out-competing the wild, native pollinators and are the sole cause of wild pollinator decline. This municipality has undergone massive development in the last 30 years, losing undisturbed land at an exponential rate. Land prices are soaring. Land that remains agricultural is stripped of hedgerows and sprayed heavily.

The work of the Xerces society in the USA and the Bumblebee Conservancy in England demonstrates that planting nectar/pollen corridors is the rising tide that lifts all pollinator boats. It need not be either/or. Just getting rid of honey bees does not mean wild pollinators will then find adequate, non toxic forage within their limited flight ranges.

The primary problem for wild pollinators is not honey bees, it is humans.
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