The Conversation

Tue Apr 5

Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy

Written by Hamutahl Cohen, Extension Agent, University of Florida

Bees feeding in monoculture fields of single crops such as sunflowers crowd together and pass parasites to one another at high rates.Lauren Ponisio/University of Oregon, CC BY-ND

It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields – acres upon acres of cultivated almonds, oranges and other fruits and nuts...

Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy

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