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Focus on Native Bees, Not Honey Bees

Melissodes bee on stiff sunflower. The Nature Conservancy's Platte River Prairies, Nebraska.

September 8, 2019

https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/08/19/focus-on-native-bees-not-honey-bees/?src=e.cgs.eg.x.loc_b&lu=2474945&autologin=true

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