[Study with Five Sentences] Honeybees produce lower-quality seeds than native pollinators

Flowers pollinated by honeybees produce fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. This is because honeybees tend to visit more flowwers on the same pant, resulting in more inbred seeds. The findings emphasize the importance of prioritizing native pollinators, such a wild bees, moths, and butterflies, in conservation efforts. The researchers also found that honeybees visited about twwice as many flowers on one plant before moving to the next than the average of other pollinators. This suggests that honeybees may be transferring more pollen between flowers of the same plant, resulting in more inbred seeds.