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Natural Resources Management and Policy

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2011

Native bees

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Discovering Native Bees, Alison P. Stevens Jan 2011

Discovering Native Bees, Alison P. Stevens

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

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Discovering Native Bees, Alison P. Stevens Jan 2011

Discovering Native Bees, Alison P. Stevens

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

NATURAL SYSTEMS PROVIDE humans with a variety of services essential to our survival. Ecosystem services such as climate regulation, water purification, oxygen production, waste treatment and detoxification, flood prevention, and pollination are provided at no cost, yet their true value is immeasurable. In our economydriven world, these systems are often taken for granted, and as a consequence many are in peril. Understanding their role is a critical first step towards ensuring that they endure. Pollination, the process of moving pollen grains from one flower to another to stimulate fruit and seed production, is among the easiest of these services to …