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The United States is on a mission to save some of its busiest workers: bees.
In a first for bees in the nation, seven bee species native to Hawaii are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service said it added the yellow-faced bee species to the federal list of endangered species Friday night after years of research concluded they are under threat.
The rule is effective October 31.
I have been reading that they are in trouble for years. I hope putting them on the endangered list will help them to recover. They are such hard workers they do so much for flowers and they create honey which is so healthy. There are special. Of course my mother was allergic to bees so those with allergies do have to be careful around them. I have some flowering weeds in my yard that the bees love and I stubbornly refuse to cut them because of this.
I have a lot of flowers in my yard that attract bees and butterflies. I have not seen honeybees at all, lots of bumblebees tho. I did see a honeybee the other day, first time in two years!!
In NM we have a native species of honeybee, a miniature, compared to the European type that farmers elsewhere rely on. It seems to be doing fine, as far as I can tell. It's interesting to notice that type of diversity in the bee population. I haven't seen these little ones anywhere else. It's good for agriculture, too, to have a diversity of bee species that can get the job done.
In NM we have a native species of honeybee, a miniature, compared to the European type that farmers elsewhere rely on. It seems to be doing fine, as far as I can tell. It's interesting to notice that type of diversity in the bee population. I haven't seen these little ones anywhere else. It's good for agriculture, too, to have a diversity of bee species that can get the job done.
You got a web link for these bees? I use to be a beekeeper and would like more info on them. I want to keep bees again but I want some unique ones.
Where I live (a suburb of Detroit), we had a ton of bees this year. At least three different types, including the miniature ones that love the sedum, the bumble bees which love the phlox, and the common honey bee. My theory on why bees diminished is that in areas that practice single crop agriculture, the bees don't have enough variety to last throughout the growing season. And when farmers hire those traveling beekeepers, it decimates the local populations.
My theory on why bees diminished is that in areas that practice single crop agriculture, the bees don't have enough variety to last throughout the growing season. And when farmers hire those traveling beekeepers, it decimates the local populations.
Although there have been reports of lower bee populations all over the country, the bees that were placed on the endangered list are in Hawaii. The reason for the low population of these bees was said to be from
urbanization, non native plants and animals, and other human activities.
Here is the link from the article that gives more information about the specific of the 49 species (including the bees and native Hawaiian plants):
Shame, Bees really are awesome. They don't even ever sting people, hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets do. All bees do is saunter around and make sweet honest that we love. They are our friends. We can't let them die.
I was very rude to bees as a dumb kid, I mollycoddle them now, I love them. They built a nest inside my house outside wall and I just let them ummm...be.
I may plug the holes this spring, if I remember.
Just something to throw out here, I was amazed to learn recently that many flower species are pollinated by BATS.
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