Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Two studies released on February 28th in the journal Science detail the dramatic decline of wild pollinators and their effectiveness in producing seeds and fruit on crops in comparison to domesticated honey bees. The study conducted on the effectiveness of wild pollinators, which was led by Lucas A. Garibaldi Sc.D. of Universidad Nacional de RÃo Negro in Argentina, collected data at 600 test fields on all continents except Antarctica for 41 crop systems.
