A fascinating read--as always, I learned a lot! We have hundreds of bees in our yard, so many that the shrubs and flowers seem to be buzzing continually (not only honey bees, but mason bees, mud bees, regular bees, sweat bees, wasps, etc). We "co-exist" in part because I know that bees, especially honey bees, are at risk. Quite interesting to read about the traveling hives in the almond groves.
Thank you! I‘m happy to hear that your yard supports bees with lots of food. Planting nectar- and pollen-rich plants is the best you can do to help pollinators, from what I learned (and you‘ll read about that kind of stuff in part 2). I love your idea of coexistence! One thing that really struck me during research: The risk of extinction is on the wild side, so to speak, not on livestock. So honeybees as a species are not at risk. Just like chicken are not an endangered species, despite all those bird flu-related deaths.
A fascinating read--as always, I learned a lot! We have hundreds of bees in our yard, so many that the shrubs and flowers seem to be buzzing continually (not only honey bees, but mason bees, mud bees, regular bees, sweat bees, wasps, etc). We "co-exist" in part because I know that bees, especially honey bees, are at risk. Quite interesting to read about the traveling hives in the almond groves.
Thank you! I‘m happy to hear that your yard supports bees with lots of food. Planting nectar- and pollen-rich plants is the best you can do to help pollinators, from what I learned (and you‘ll read about that kind of stuff in part 2). I love your idea of coexistence! One thing that really struck me during research: The risk of extinction is on the wild side, so to speak, not on livestock. So honeybees as a species are not at risk. Just like chicken are not an endangered species, despite all those bird flu-related deaths.