Friday 4 April 2014

Attracting wild bees to farms is good insurance policy

Date:
April 3, 2014

Source:
Michigan State University

Summary:
Investing in habitat that attracts and supports wild bees in farms is not only an effective approach to helping enhance crop pollination, but it can also pay for itself in four years or less, according to research. The paper gives farmers of pollination-dependent crops tangible results to convert marginal acreage to fields of wildflowers.


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