Since we have so many honeybees, why does it matter that native bee populations are endangered? I’m not sure if this is true, but bee predators don’t really care about bee species right? They just eat whatever bees they can find. And since bees all pollinate, shouldn’t it be fine that some bee species are dying out?
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First of all, we don’t necessarily have that many honey bees either. Collapse is a very real threat and the population of honey bees is not guaranteed.
Even if we ignore that, not all bee predators eat honey bees. Some native bees are solitary so predators that target those wouldn’t go after a whole hive of bees. Some native bees are very small so honey bees are too big for those predators. And many other factors.
Also, many plants can be pollinated by native bees but are not pollinated by honey bees. Those plants would go extinct.
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