Experts are once again urging Canadians to help save wild bees after yet another study predicted a dire future for the species crucial to our food system, and they say anyone with a backyard can help the cause.
Sandra Rehan, a biology professor and expert in wild bee genomics at York University, told CTV News Channel that Canadians can do their part to save the species by planting wildflowers.
While invasive species and the expansion of agriculture can harm these networks, climate change is the biggest factor, researchers say. Fluctuations in temperature can offset the blooming patterns for wildflowers and limit the timeframe for when bees can pollinate, Rehan said. Wild bees pollinate more than 87 per cent of flowering plants, according to the study, making them an essential part of our ecosystem. About one-third of the foods eaten by humans come from plants pollinated by bees.
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