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> I think the idea that honey bees are generally harmful to native bees is not supported by the evidence.
Yeah, "[Citation Needed]", Wikipedia's one succinct contribution to science.
Here's the citation:
Roubik and Wolda (2001) studied native bee communities for 17 years, seven without the presence of the Africanized bee and ten years after its arrival. In their results they concluded that there was no measurable competition, since the abundance patterns of native bees did not change, and therefore demonstrating that bees can coexist in conserved environments.
Roubik D.W. & Wolda H. 2001. Do competing honey bees matter? Dynamics and abundance of native bees before and after honey bee inva-sion. Population Ecology 43(1): 53-62.
What is important here is that by all measures, Africanized honey bees are invasive and non-native in the Americas. And there was no measurable negative impact on native bees. Of course, this is only one study but it was for 17 years and has been cited 143 times, so I would say: definitive.
PLB
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