10-09-2018, 06:27 AM
From a short look around for info on Hawaiian Yellow-faced bees:
They are solitary ground nesters.
They do not form colonies like the domestic honeybee does.
In our area their probable greatest threat is the LFA.
The state/county recommended control methods for LFAs are likely to also be very harmful to the endemic bees as well as the domestic bees.
Not much useful info seems to be known/available about the Hawaiian Yellow-faced bees yet.
EDIT:
I assume the carpenter bee, also a solitary nester, is also invasive?
Their size makes them a good lilikoi pollinator.
In my quick look around, I see nothing that seems to indicate the domestic bee is a threat to the native bees.
They are solitary ground nesters.
They do not form colonies like the domestic honeybee does.
In our area their probable greatest threat is the LFA.
The state/county recommended control methods for LFAs are likely to also be very harmful to the endemic bees as well as the domestic bees.
Not much useful info seems to be known/available about the Hawaiian Yellow-faced bees yet.
EDIT:
I assume the carpenter bee, also a solitary nester, is also invasive?
Their size makes them a good lilikoi pollinator.
In my quick look around, I see nothing that seems to indicate the domestic bee is a threat to the native bees.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.