Honey bee on white sage (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Honey bee on white sage

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A honey bee visits a white sage plant. Researchers have shown that pollination by honey bees, which are not native to the Americas, produces offspring of considerably inferior quality (lower fitness) than offspring resulting from native pollinators.

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Dillon Travis

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