A declining wild bee population is cause for concern and East Lansing and Michigan State University (MSU) are getting national coverage for their bee research.
According to excerpts from the article:
Wild bees that are native to North America are getting more attention these days. That's because of the mysterious disappearance of up to 90 percent of honeybees from managed hives across the country and its potential impact on food crops. . . .
"Bees are responsible for one in three bites of food you eat," says [Julianna] Tuell, who studies bees as a post-doctoral researcher at Michigan State University. . . .
A native of Lansing who received her undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees from MSU, Tuell started out studying plants and switched to bees. Her thesis involved blueberries.
Blueberry farmers bring in honeybees for pollination, but Tuell wanted to know the role wild bees play in sharing the work.
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