Bee biodiversity boosts crop yields

Bee biodiversity boosts crop yields
Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 13, 2014 - Research from North Carolina State University shows that blueberries produce more seeds and larger berries if they are visited by more diverse bee species, allowing farmers to harvest significantly more pounds of fruit per acre. "We wanted to understand the functional role of diversity," says Dr. Hannah Burrack, an associate professor of entomology at NC State and co-author of a paper on t ... more

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