FireFly
Bright F**ker
- Oct 17, 2009
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How did I miss that?
Please provide the reference that supports the ridiculous assertion that European honeybees were imported to the USA because they increase crop yields by 36.3 percent.
I will wait. I'm looking forward to the scientific journal from 1750 or so that published this fascinating factoid.
Sorry about the confusion. I posted inflation adjusted percent increase instead of crop yield increase. I corrected the post shortly after but you had already quoted it.
Here is what I meant to say:
European honeybees increase crop yields up to 14 percent more than indigenous insects. Other indigenous pollinators are also decreasing.
Imagine food price when there is 14 percent less food on the shelf & population is increasing.
Honey Bees increase US honey & crop production by up to $20 billion a year. That is 14% of the $143 billion worth of crops produced here in the USA. It is likely the same for production globally.
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