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

[John Purdy]

Yes  there are too many unsubstantiated opinions.  Are there any
native honeybees that were here before honeybees were brought from
Europe? I always thought there werent any.   If honey bees improve the
success of the plants they pollinate is there a net benefit to other
pollinators?  Its important to get the answer right, and only good
unbiased research will give us the right answer. Thanks for the paper
you sent earlier Dr. Vergara.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM,  <carloshvergara at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does any one have data on this topic? We should go beyond opinions, I guess.
>
> Dr. Carlos H. Vergara B.
> Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas
> Universidad de las Américas, Puebla
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> ________________________________
> De: Peter Loring Borst <peterlborst at cornell.edu>
> Para: Liz Day <lizday44 at sbcglobal.net>
> CC: "pollinator at lists.sonic.net" <pollinator at lists.sonic.net>
> Enviado: Jueves, 22 de marzo, 2012 11:22:13
> Asunto: Re: [Pollinator] for discussion: should honeybees be allowed into
> conservation/protected areas?
>
>
> 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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