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Improve Apple Production with Natural Habitats and Bee Diversity

By Kacey Deamer / January 22, 2019

New research has found that orchards in natural habitats draw bee diversity which improves apple production. The Cornell University-led study, published recently in the journal Science, shows that apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats. When fewer, more closely-related species of bees…

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