[Pollinator] for discussion: should honeybees be allowed into conservation/protected areas?

[Peter Loring Borst]

On Mar 22, 12, at 1:04 PM, Liz Day wrote:

> I find it hard to imagine that honeybees do not affect bumblebees in places where Bombus forage appears rather scant.

But it being difficult to imagine hardly makes a strong case  ; )

On the other hand, in my region I find that bumble bees and honey bees forage quite different plant assortments, somewhat occasionally overlapping.


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