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member at Fleming College’s School of
Environmental and Natural Resource
Sciences. They do not survive well in the
wild. They’re sensitive to changes in weather
and atmospheric pressure, she adds; the
wrong change can make them grumpy.
Certain scents will set them off, too, like
wool clothing, or the wrong shampoo.
And although he boasts he can work with
them without being stung, Smith admits
they can be temperamental. “You can be out
there one day and they’ll be gentle, nice as
anything,” he says. “And the next day you go
out…,” Smith says, using some colourful
language to describe their change in
demeanour.
We value honeybees for the honey, but
their wider value, as they collect pollen and
nectar for the hive, is in pollination.
Honeybees are generalists, feeding on
anything that blooms, including trees and
agriculture, where pollination is worth
billions to farmers.
But they pass over some crops. Some have
no interest in tomatoes or eggplant and don’t
do a good job with others.
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