Natural habitats, bee diversity key to better apple production
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Natural habitats, bee diversity key to better apple production
Credit: Kent Loeffler/ProvidedA carpenter bee visits an apple flower.
A Cornell-led study, published Jan. 18 in the journal Science, shows that apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats.
In turn, apple production suffers when fewer, more closely-related species of bees pollinate an orchard. Production improves in orchards surrounded by natural habitats, which then draw a broader selection of species to apple blossoms.
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