Wild Bees
- Subject: Wild Bees
- From: E* W*
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:58:21 -0700
Last fall I attended a restoration workshop which had many informative
talks including one on native bees. The speaker talked about the over 50
species of wild bees in the Pinnacles National Monument region. Their
populations seemed to be stable and thriving and the speaker stated they
were a better pollinators than honey bees. Perhaps only the areas near
commercial orchids have mites on the honey and wild bee populations. Its
only a guess but I sure hope its true.
Ernie
Aptos, CA
just south of Santa Cruz on the ocean.
