Commercial Beekeepers
Wild Bees
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1) No intervention
2) No expense
3) Production ignored
4) Nature-selected survivors
5) Shares pathogens/parasites
6) Sporadic collapse rates
Concerned about generating a profit, not about intervention
Cost-effectiveness of bee treatments
Increasing productivity “No honey, no money.”
Higher susceptibility to natural disease
Lower disease and collapse rate
Hobbyist/Naturalist Beekeeper
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Less human intervention
Less expensive
Less concern over productivity
Breed a hardier strain of bees
Higher disease and collapse rate
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