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Honeybees drive away wild pollinators as competition for flowers grows
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Researchers recorded 300 encounters in Cambridgeshire, finding honeybees often forced other insects away from flowers to reach nectar and pollen. Anglia Ruskin University researchers linked larger honeybee populations with fewer wild pollinators, including bumblebees and hoverflies. Registered UK beekeepers rose from 19,000 in 2010 to 47,000 in 2025, raising concerns that warmer summers could worsen competition.
Reported by The Guardian · How we write briefs