<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">This is an important message to communicate to the public. Honey bees are livestock. Their numbers and health depend on economic factors and the quality of care by beekeepers. When a single beekeeper moves 20 thousand hives into a small area it hurts local small operators, but more importantly it takes all available forage away from the wild bees that depend on plant species that honey bees will collect food from. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM David Inouye via Pollinator <<a href="mailto:pollinator@lists.sonic.net">pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/02/06/how-to-save-the-bees-honeybees-dying/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/02/06/how-to-save-the-bees-honeybees-dying/</a><br>
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Dr. David W. Inouye<br>
Professor Emeritus<br>
Department of Biology<br>
University of Maryland<br>
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Principal Investigator<br>
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory<br>
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