City Bees Fare Better Than Country Bees? Urban Green Spaces Promote Bee Survival
Country bees may be at a disadvantage to their city-swarming counterparts, despite their access to greater plots of flowers. Bees everywhere are fighting for survival, and studies are being conducted to determine the causes of the drop in population plus environments where bees thrive.
Prof Jane Memmott, an ecologist, believes bees in the city have a more diverse diet of pollen and nectar from all the different green spaces around homes and offices, that gardeners keep blooming all year round, reports Grist.
By contrast bees in the countryside can be surrounded by one type of crop that is only in flower for a short period before being harvested.
Often strapped for space, Angelenos have adopted creative solutions to incorporating blossoming buds and greenery into their worlds. Clusters of potted plants, urban gardens, window boxes and community parks produce varied year-round nutrients for our buzzing foragers.
Studies are currently being conducted by the University of Bristol concerning the health of city versus country bees.
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