Loss of Wild Insects Hurts Crops Around the World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130228155622.htm

by Biodiversity, sciencedaily.com
February 28th 2013

Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting the continuing loss of wild insects in many agricultural landscapes has negative consequences for crop harvests.

The study, which prompts an urgent call to maintain and manage pollinator diversity for long-term agricultural production, is published today in the journal Science.

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