“When the truth is bees are not native to North America!”
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I don’t know the history but bees used commercially for pollenization are EUROPEAN honeybees which are much larger than native bees here in North America ... I haven’t seen any stories about the smaller native bees , probably because they aren’t watched as closely... I can tell you that I have seen PLENTY of the smaller native bees the last few years (I’m in Central Florida) and I recently saw an article (AP I Think) in my local paper about large numbers of people taking up beekeeping as a hobby.
Thanks! That is interesting and I will have to rummage around on this subject a bit more.