North American bees in trouble
Story Date: 3/14/2018

 

Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 3/13/18



It may come as a surprise to many, but honey bees are not native to North America. They were imported from Europe during colonial times. But there are literally thousands of other species which are indigenous to these shores…
Paige Embry is a Duke grad and author of Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them. Embry has worked as an environmental consultant, taught horticulture 

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