Fall blooming plants help bees

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Adding fall blooming plants may help both managed and wild bees in cities

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There are nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States , contributing to pollination in agricultural, urban and natural landscapes.

Honey bees, however, are not native to the U.S. , which has led to concerns that managed honey bee populations might negatively impact wild bees via competition for resources and sharing of pathogens.

Penn State researchers found that of the 33 genera of native bees studied, only a small number seemed to be negatively affected by the presence of honey bees.

Apiary density negatively affected the abundance of Triepeolus -- a cuckoo bee -- which parasitizes the nests of long-horned bees like Svastra .

This highlights the importance of thinking about bees as communities, not individual species.

People can help both wild and managed bees is adding more flowering plants to the landscape.

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