10-09-2018, 03:26 PM
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.
I heard the same thing. The smaller honeybee isn't able to pollinate the passion flowers. Carpenter bee (invasive), passionfruit vine (invasive).
I've said this before: Some invasive species can be a good thing.
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.
I heard the same thing. The smaller honeybee isn't able to pollinate the passion flowers. Carpenter bee (invasive), passionfruit vine (invasive).
I've said this before: Some invasive species can be a good thing.