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Rise in urban beekeeping may be crowding out native bee species

Brian Owens · February 15, 2023 ·

In Montreal, Canada, the diversity of wild bee species has fallen in areas where honeybee colonies have proliferated. Efforts to “save the bees” by encouraging urban beekeeping over the past decade may have been good for honeybees, but wild, native bees appear to be paying the price. Researchers in Montreal, Canada, surveyed wild bee populations […]

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