The Picard ManeuverNov 5, 2024

Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America's critical bee shortage in just 5 years

https://lemmy.world/post/21663699

Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America's critical bee shortage in just 5 years - Lemmy.World

Article (from earlier this year): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hobbyist-beekeepers-buzzing-reversing-america-212213119.html [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hobbyist-beekeepers-buzzing-reversing-america-212213119.html]

Show threadDroggelbecherNov 5, 2024
Honeybees are unfortunately only a very small part of pollinators. There’s a LOT of other bees, as well as other insects that pollinate. And honeybees even often outcompete native pollinators, which is bad for biodiversity.
Show threadblaue_FledermausNov 5, 2024

Here in Brazil we have native stingless bees, they are awesome and very cute, but European honeybees do outcompete them.

Thankfully there are beekeepers that work with the native species, but as they produce way less honey, it's less lucrative.

Show threadphdepressed
Just make suburban mom’s believe it’s special somehow. Manuka honey goes for like $40/lbs at Costco vs regular honey at like $5-10.
Nov 5, 2024 at 5:08pmWeb