A middle ground on wild & honey bees "Honey bees are not responsible for the vast majority of crop pollination as has often been assumed ... likewise wild insects are not vastly more important than honey bees, as recent global analyses have reported" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…
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@JMBecologist but they do still out compete native bees?
@JMBecologist 93 studies on 35 crops, mostly from Europe and North America. I found the title of the paper misleading, they shouldn't use the word "global" (of course, this is now a standard practice).