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摘要

There are still a few places in North America where the landscape is not actively and continuously manipulated by people; where Nature still provides most of the seeds and plants that grow there; where pesticide use is rare or entirely absent — and where honey bees can thrive and produce good crops without feeding or other supplements. The southern Appalachian mountains might be the largest area of this kind, with its dependable rainfall and wonderful mix of flowering trees. In the desert Southwest, Nature can produce a huge variety and quantity of food for bees — when it rains. But the intervals of drought are too large and frequent to allow substantial numbers of honey bee colonies to thrive there over many years without help.