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Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Scrawny@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bees collect nectar for nutrition and they collect pollen as their protein source. These activities pollinate as a by-product. Honey bees collect a lot of nectar to refine into honey to survive the winter months. This makes the honey bee ideal for some flowering plants which have a lot of nectar that the honey bee needs. Many native species have short lifecycles. Some only during a bloom of a particular flower. This is why native bees make better pollinators as a whole. Honey bees pass up many flowers that have little benefit to them as a nectar source. Native bees collect the pollen that would be undisturbed by the honey bee.

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  • ExFed@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Invasive honey bees are less effective pollinators for most native species. However, they indeed consume a lot of nectar, leaving little for the more effective native species to survive.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Ecosystem Services” as an industry term makes me see red.

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