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Powerful Pollinators, Wild Bees May Favor Eco-Farms
Princeton University - Organic farming is not only friendlier to the soil and the environment than conventional farming, it's also friendlier to an underappreciated agricultural workforce—wild bees. So indicates the latest research on how well bees distribute pollen across different types of cropland.
The finding has economic implications for farmers, many of whom currently rely heavily on domesticated bees to perform crop pollination, Princeton University conservation biologist Claire Kremen told National Geographic News.