• EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There are diverse pollinators that are native. These honeybees are not native to the Americas. Having a spread of native species do the job should be more resistant to these kinds of infestations.

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      Okay but how do you create billions of diverse native species in South Dakota and ship them across the entire nation while they’re all actively hostile to each other?

      You would need to create competitive local pollinator markets in every state or risk creating a famine by banning Honeybees.

      Like it or not, nature cannot handle Humans in the numbers we currently exist in and Honeybees are a part of our food chain to sustain those numbers.