I read the other day in a bee keepers article that the writer believes there are no native bees left due to the diseases and bugs brought in wit imported bees and other sources,

On a side note, our local bee keeper and seller of queens in our small town posted a $10,000 reward recently for information leading to the arrest of the people that stole his bees.

Perhaps time to try lure bumbles into your yard with nest boxes,
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Here is a link that might be useful: Bumble bees

Randy: Obviously the author of that article you read and I mean something different by native bees. I'm talking about the many thousands of species of bees native to North America that certainly still exist to lend their pollination services (but not honey necessarily). Two groups in particular, the Orchard Mason Bees, and the Leafcutter Bees are starting to be managed specifically for pollination on a large scale. Native Bumblebees and Alkali Bees are also important to commercial agriculture.

The Honeybee is not native here, but I'm sure the author must have been referring to wild or feral populations of the honeybee. They may be quite scarce indeed, but then again, up until 500 years ago they were non existent anyway. If I'm not mistaken though, feral Africanized honeybees are not uncommon in places like Southern Arizona and California.

In any event, losses of pollinators of all kinds is becoming a serious concern worldwide...

Thanks konrad,
I need some Bumblebees for the Blueberries. Brady