[Pollinator] Conserving honey bees does not help wildlife

[bmoisset at aol.com]

 include wildflower strips on their land, that wouldn't have happened without the threat to honeybees

 Do you have any evidence to support this statement? It seems very doubtful to me.

I also question the idea that  "measures to support honeybees ... will only support native pollinators as well"

I think that we must be emphatic about the fact that they are two separate issues, one is agricultural, the other is about conservation.

Beatriz Moisset

 

 

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From: Maraiah Russell <maraiah.russell at kidszoo.org>
To: David Inouye <dwinouye at gmail.com>; pollinator <pollinator at coevolution.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 21, 2018 9:40 am
Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Conserving honey bees does not help wildlife

So, to stir the pot a bit, wouldn't healthier honeybees be good as they wouldn't spread disease to wild bees?  And the efforts being put forth by farmers to include wildflower strips on their land, that wouldn't have happened without the threat to honeybees, but should also benefit wild bees/pollinators.  I just think that we can't possibly help one pollinator species without helping all.  I understand the messaging to the public is wrong, but what the public really cares about is access to the variety of food they want.  Monocrops aren't going to disappear anytime soon, and honeybees are needed to maintain those.  It's not an idea situation, but if we take measures to support honeybees I think it will only support native pollinators as well.  I'd love to hear discussion...

Maraiah Russell
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From: Pollinator [pollinator-bounces+maraiah.russell=kidszoo.org at lists.sonic.net] on behalf of David Inouye [dwinouye at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:04 AM
To: pollinator at coevolution.org
Subject: [Pollinator] Conserving honey bees does not help wildlife

I can send a PDF if you want one.

Geldmann, J. and J. P. González-Varo (2018). "Conserving honey bees does
not help wildlife." Science 359(6374): 392-393.

David



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Dr. David W. Inouye
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Department of Biology
University of Maryland

Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

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