tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post7151634753591055550..comments2024-01-18T14:45:58.641-05:00Comments on GeoEcology: Environmental History Timeline June, 1780Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post-69089204155360865682013-06-23T13:13:59.905-04:002013-06-23T13:13:59.905-04:00I quoted you in my blog because you express this p...I quoted you in my blog because you express this point better than I. I hope it is OK with you.<br />"http://pollinators.blogspot.com/2013/06/native-bees-honey-bees-and-natural-areas.htmlBeatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post-499800227512473302013-05-27T11:28:20.871-04:002013-05-27T11:28:20.871-04:00Thank you for you comment, Beatriz. I like seeing ...Thank you for you comment, Beatriz. I like seeing honey bees in nature centers, but I agree with you that the naturalist community must present a fuller history and ecological impact caused by them. Honey bees have changed the ecology of North American ecosystems along with early farming and today's industrial agriculture. We can't sustain diverse agriculture without their help, today, because they are mobile-friendly. Without traveling colonies criss-crossing N.A. on flatbed trucks, most of our produce would fail. Partly, this is due to the decline of native pollinators. There is an essential piece missing from the typical presentation about pollination in many nature centers, that is the discussion of native pollinators and their essential continuing role in native and not so native ecosystems. Each presentation about honey bees should be accompanied by a hands-on activity to plant native plants that are partners to native pollinators, or the construction of simple solitary bee houses from dry bamboo canes or wood blocks. We would make progress if our children earned great take-home's like solitary bee bundles in place of coloring-in honey bee illustrations; and, planting native seeds to grow purple coneflower or other native's in place of marigolds, etc. A little effort and a subtle change in emphasis would shift attention to native pollinators. Bainnaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609978076887043709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post-1294319450278112232013-05-26T19:56:31.295-04:002013-05-26T19:56:31.295-04:00Thank you so much for this article. I have been lo...Thank you so much for this article. I have been looking for information on pollinators before the arrival of the honey bee and couldn't find much out there. I am trying hard to make people understand that honey bees are not native and not needed by native plants. I wish there were no bee hives at nature centers. Oh, well! I realize that they can be a good educational tool. But sometimes the message gets lost.Beatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.com