Bugman: 'Honeybees are an invasive threat to native bees'MARION VAN DIJK Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste with a weta during a visit to Nelson Central School. He argues that honeybees are a threat to our native bee population. Judging from the numbers of native bees in late spring and summer, their pollination potential must be considerable in the New Zealand landscape. The mere presence of managed honeybees also reduces the native species' abundance through spatial displacement – perhaps bullying is a better description. LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ LANDCARE RESEARCH.CO.NZ Honeybee (Apis mellifera).

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