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by shoover 3031 days ago
Only about a dozen of the 20,000 or so bee species worldwide are managed. After the honeybee, Apis mellifera, only three species are widely used in the U.S.: two cannot be woken from their winter’s sleep in time for almond bloom, and the third is banned for open field use in California.

How does a species of bees get banned?
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wavefunction 3031 days ago
US Department of Agriculture or some corresponding department at the state level in California.

There are likely some good reasons for the ban.

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enervate 3031 days ago
it's probably non-native to California and would probably compete for the same ecological spaces as other native bees. FWIW, I'm guessing because I couldn't find anything with Googling.
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