Feral honeybees are threatening other Southern Californian pollinators: Study

Wild honeybees in Southern California are devouring the food supplies of native pollinators — posing a potential threat to the region’s natural ecosystems, a new study has found.

These feral insects, which have greatly proliferated in Southern California, remove about 80 percent of pollen during the first day a flower opens, according to the study, published Monday in Insect Conservation and Diversity.

But all bees in the region, along with most bee species worldwide, rely on pollen to raise their offspring...