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Orchid bees aren’t so dependent on orchids after all, according to a new study that challenges the prevailing view of how plants and their insect pollinators evolve together. It turns out that the orchids need their bees more than the other way around, a finding with implications in conservation biology as bee populations decline worldwide.
Tag: bees
Wild pollinators worth up to $2.4 billion to farmers, study finds
June 20, 2011:
Wild, free-living bees help California agriculture reap $937 million to $2.4 billion a year in economic value and provide an estimated one-third or more of all pollination “services” to the state’s crops, according to a new UC Berkeley study.
Backyard buzz: Bees in your garden
April 28, 2011:
Student multimedia specialists from the J-School chronicle the Urban Bee Project, where researchers in a small Berkeley garden are working to make sure the world’s top pollinators keep busy.
