{"id":100824,"date":"2022-03-07T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T23:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/?p=100824"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:58:35","slug":"are-managed-bumble-bees-in-the-west-coast-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/2022\/03\/07\/are-managed-bumble-bees-in-the-west-coast-good-or-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are managed bumble bees in the west coast good or bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/07\/Bumblebee_pollinating_blueberry_blooms.jpeg\" alt=\"Bumblebee pollinating blueberry blooms\" class=\"wp-image-100825\" width=\"896\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/07\/Bumblebee_pollinating_blueberry_blooms.jpeg 896w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/07\/Bumblebee_pollinating_blueberry_blooms-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/07\/Bumblebee_pollinating_blueberry_blooms-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Lisa DeVetter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-max-width--hero\">Bumble bees are efficient pollinators of blueberry and outperform honey bees at the individual level. So, the use of managed species in the western US is a good thing, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.growingproduce.com\/fruits\/the-promise-and-pitfalls-of-using-managed-bumblebees-for-blueberry-pollination\/\">This article<\/a> summarizes the promises and potential pitfalls of managed bumble bees.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bumble bees are efficient pollinators of blueberry and outperform honey bees at the individual level. So, the use of managed species in the western US is a good thing, right? This article summarizes the promises and potential pitfalls of managed bumble bees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100824"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100842,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100824\/revisions\/100842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsuwpnetwork.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/blueberrypollination\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}