Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest
by bsder on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:14PM
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> There is no mystical "other pollinator" that is going to fill the niche of the honey bee. Honey bees are uniquely industrialized and failure to eliminate the Murder Hornet threat to honey bees will have HUGE implications.
This is solely due to the industrialization of agriculture.
Leaving fallow portions of the field and growing native crops winds up with an assortment of pollinators--including a lot of native bees.
The problem is that they are less efficient. So, a farmer who does this will lose to a farmer who uses industrialized honeybees.
This is a standard case of privatize the profit and socialize the risk.
This is solely due to the industrialization of agriculture.
Leaving fallow portions of the field and growing native crops winds up with an assortment of pollinators--including a lot of native bees.
The problem is that they are less efficient. So, a farmer who does this will lose to a farmer who uses industrialized honeybees.
This is a standard case of privatize the profit and socialize the risk.