The running thought is these non-native European honeybees couldn’t find forage at the right times due to climate change and these massive commercial hives died. That’s why introduced species as a monoculture don’t work out so well.
Okay, but European honeybees in the US aren’t exactly new afaik. That would be like if all of the sudden, 80% of wild horses up and die and the answer is “well, they’re an introduced species, so it only makes sense”.
The running thought is these non-native European honeybees couldn’t find forage at the right times due to climate change and these massive commercial hives died. That’s why introduced species as a monoculture don’t work out so well.
Okay, but European honeybees in the US aren’t exactly new afaik. That would be like if all of the sudden, 80% of wild horses up and die and the answer is “well, they’re an introduced species, so it only makes sense”.