Bees are Critical to U.S.       

New research seems to affirm that wild bees, like bumblebees, mason bees and squash bees, are more essential to many agricultural crops in Pennsylvania than previously thought. 

After surveying the impact of wild bees at 131 farms in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Michigan and other states, including Canada, researches determined that wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields of just the six crops they investigated. Read More...