(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)With close to 4,000 native bee species known in North America (and more we have not yet cataloged), one would think we should not be at risk of losing some of the best farmers we have.
Butterflies, too. And bats.
In fact, many of our busy bees, flutter-butters and night fliers (voracious bug pest eaters, too) could well be at risk of disappearing.
This impending loss is not just a depletion of wildlife. It could spell serious problems for us.
Almost all flowers – and especially fruit and vegetable blooms – depend on these pollinating insects and bats to flourish, to fruit and to reproduce.