Study suggests bees aren't the be all and end all for crop pollination

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoq-ss112815.php

Public Release: 30-Nov-2015
Study suggests bees aren't the be all and end all for crop pollination
University of Queensland

Farmers who used pesticides that spared bees but sacrificed killed [sic, obvious typo] other insects might be ignoring important sources of crop pollination, according to an Australian-led international scientific study.

University of Queensland plant ecologist Dr Margie Mayfield said many crops --including mangoes, custard apples, kiwi fruit, coffee and canola --depended on non-bee insect pollinators such as flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, ants, and thrips.

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