SOURCE: Dan Nosowitz, MODERN FARMER, 3/7/18 The plight of pollinators isn't limited to bees. Monarch butterflies, which are major wildflower pollinators, have showed some disturbing downward trends in their population, with one study from 2016 suggesting a bonkers 80 percent decline over the past decade. New data indicates that monarch numbers, at least at an important overwintering spot in Mexico, are continuing to decline.
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