> Can society really afford to bankroll what amounts to 
> a self-reinforcing treadmill of native pollinator
> research; I am not sure of the goals and costs of current research on native pollinators.  I would never have guessed it but the planet is losing 35-150 species of life every day... Personally, I like and enjoy the diversity in the natural world beyond the honey bees and hate seeing species go extinct. As for what we can and can't afford... I don't think we can afford the big ag subsidies and corporate welfare... Waldemar
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