Like the Rodney Dangerfields of the insect kingdom, bees might like more respect.
For thousands of years, wild (native) bees, through the pollination process, have indirectly provided people with plants for food and shelter.
Steve Mitchell of Cobble Hill’s Bee Haven Farm says when most people think “pollination” they envision “honey bees,” yet the species was only brought to North America some 350 years ago.
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