- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: August 28, 2012
Farmers usually bring in white-boxed beehives to pollinate their blueberries, almonds, avocados and other plants. However, since honeybees are expensive and colonies in decline, one UC Berkeley researcher is assessing whether lining fields with flowering shrubs and bushes will naturally attract a sufficient number of pollinators to the farm, according to a story in the Sacramento Bee.
Claire Kremen, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, said the hedgerows can include a variety of plants with an eye toward providing pollinators...
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