BBKA Forum

Bees are pollinators of many plants, but their diversity and density is declining. A team investigated their foraging behavior in agricultural landscapes. They found that honey bees prefer strawberry fields, even if flowering next to oilseed rape fields. Only when oilseed rape was in full bloom were fewer honey bees in the strawberries. Wild bees, on the other hand, consistently chose the strawberry field.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200124124518.htm

Hmmm,
Wish that was true here, my strawberry patch is in full bloom and not a bee in sight and we have no OSR in our area.

Tom Seeley reported this. I must admit, I never see honey bees in my rather large strawberry patch.