Photos of native bees and honeybees on native and nonnative plants in Oregon
Barbara McMullen (Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:54:13 PDT)

Good point.

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From: Travis O
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 9:02 AM
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Subject: [pbs] Photos of native bees and honeybees on native and nonnative
plants in Oregon

Hello,

The following is a link to a variety of photos of Oregon native bees and
honeybees on Oregon native and nonnative plants (some bulbs, too), with some
cynical commentary on the subject.

http://amateuranthecologist.com/2016/07/…

Surely I'll be preaching to the choir when I say that something must be done
to help the pollinators. I feel it is necessary to reduce the problem to an
economic issue, hence my reference to a Xerces Society study (Losey et al.
2006) estimating $57 billion in ecological services provided by insects
annually (including pest reduction by predatory/parasitoid insects), since
it is clear that economy is more important than environment in the minds of
many. Conservation needs to become a profitable endeavor on a scale much
larger than is currently possible.

Travis Owen
Rogue River, OR

http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/
http://www.oldsolbees.com/
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/

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