Friday, 1 March 2013

Wild bees boost harvest more than honeybees





One of the dominant pollinators in red clover is the buff-tailed bumble bee. Honeybees may be sweet, but it's their wild cousins that give plants better sex — and, consequently, higher crop yields.



via Pocket http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/03/01/science-wild-pollinators-honeybees.html

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