A growing body of research suggests that the explosion of urban beekeeping involving honey bees in many cities and towns may be hurting critical local wild bee populations.
a nonprofit association, says her group frequently gets asked the same question: “What can I do to save the bees?”
“We assure them the managed honeybee is doing just fine,” Day says. She instead urges people to focus on planting native plants and to encourage others to do so as well. Experts recommend planting a variety of native flowering species that bloom at different times during the year wherever possible. Consider choosing some flowers that bloom early or late in the season, which is typically when food resources are scarce for bees, MacInnis says.could also be helpful, experts say.
Native wild bees “do so much work and they’re so underappreciated,” Colla says. “Especially with climate change, if we want to have resilient ecosystems, resilient cities, we need to have as many species of bees as possible in our cities.”Advertisement “We’re not saying ban urban beekeeping,” MacInnis says. “There is room for it in cities. It’s just right now we’re not managing it very responsibly” in certain places.
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