India, Sept. 9 -- Almost 94% wild bee, native plant species gone in last 30 years, flags study

Climate change and a surge in disturbed bee habitats because of agriculture and development in North America in the past 30 years were responsible for wiping out 94 per cent of wild bee and native plant species, showed a recent study.

Researchers from York University and University of New Hampshire, both in the United States, examined plant-pollinator networks from 125 years ago until the present day. Their findings were published in journal Insect Conservation and Diversity June 29, 2020.

They found the networks of wild bees and the plants they historically relied on were disrupted. Almost 30 per cent of plant-pollinator networks were comple...