Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops
Threats to native pollinators could shrink profits even at farms stocking honeybees
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Wild pollinators like this bumblebee visiting blueberry flowers turn out to boost yields even on some standard commercial farms that deploy honeybee hives for pollination.
© Faye Benjamin