We hear about the decline in honeybees (non-native, from Europe and the most commonly managed bees), but native bees are declining too and in many instances these are the pollinators of California avocado. The loss of any pollinators is a loss for agriculture as well as the environment. But here are the loss charts.

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file:///C:/Users/Ben%20Faber/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/TL5O596C/National%20Analysis%20of%20Wild%20Bee%20Abundance%20Highlights%20Areas%20of%20Concern.pdf

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/index.cfm?tagname=Claire%20Kremen

Next year will be better.

Bumblebee doing its thing