S3E17 The Value of Bees - The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio show

Replay of segment 2 of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 6-22-19
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In segment 2 Joey and Holly talk about the importance and value of Bees

Understanding bees
Bees help pollinate
Help make more bees
It is estimated that one third of the food that we consume each day relies on pollination mainly by bees
4000 species of bees in north america
Bees are not native to north america - settlers brought them over
Found on every continent except antartica
Bees are at a high risk for extinction - The researchers found that the American Bumblebee's area of occurrence has decreased by about 70 percent and its relative abundance fell by 89 percent from 2007-2016 compared to 1907-2006.
Loss of habitat (aka conversion of prairie into farmland) and insecticides are thought to be the primary causes of the great bee disappearing act.

Bumblebees are among the most important pollinators of crops such as blueberries, cranberries, and clover, and almost the only insect pollinators of tomatoes

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