[Pollinator] bee conservation

[David Inouye]

Colla, S. R., and J. S. MacIvor. 2017. Questioning public perception, 
conservation policy, and recovery actions for honeybees in North 
America. Conservation Biology 31:1202-1204.

The first paragraph:

Pollinator declines have resulted in an increasing number of policies 
and actions to conserve bee populations in many parts of the world. In 
North America, there is strong public engagement but also growing 
controversies over how to address declines. The controversies are fueled 
by the complexity of scientific information on species, habitat types, 
and countries and by intense lobbying by nongovernmental organizations 
and the beekeeping, agrochemical, and farming industries. Policy and 
conservation initiatives often focus on the western honeybee (/Apis 
mellifera/), a domesticated species not native to North America. 
Although losses of managed honeybee colonies are recorded annually, we 
argue that North American honeybee losses are not a conservation 
problem; rather, they are a domesticated-animal-management problem. By 
focusing attention on honeybees, policies and funding priorities may 
undermine native bee conservation and have negative impacts ecologically 
and socially.


If you can't access the paper, Sheila would probably send a copy: 
srcolla at yorku.ca

-- 
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
inouye at umd.edu

Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224

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