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A Diversity of Bees Is Good for Farming
« on: May 13, 2014, 04:17:10 pm »
A Diversity of Bees Is Good for Farming—And Farmers' Wallets
A new study shows that if more species of bees are available to pollinate blueberry flowers, blueberries get fatter

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/diversity-bees-good-environmentand-farmers-wallets-180951339/?no-ist
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Re: A Diversity of Bees Is Good for Farming
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2014, 04:22:43 pm »
Her is the link to the scientific study behind the above posted story.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097307
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