>  Lowbush blueberries are there to start with so the fields are not actually planted but rather managed to promote the blueberry plants at the expense of other native plants.

Right. So this is the part I don't get. If there already are millions of acres of blueberries, then there almost must be pollinators in equally large numbers. Why are folks convince that there is a pollinator deficit that must be remedied with non-native bees?

PLB

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