Leelanau Cherry Growers Turn to Japanese Bees The Leelanau Enterprise has an excellent feature on Leelanau County cherry growers who are working with the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Station to introduce a bee native to Japan. Researchers believe that just 250 horn-faced bees can do the pollinating work of 80,000 honey bees (!) and are active at lower temperatures than honey bees. While weather gets the attention, bees are key to yields. Read Hive of activity in the Enterprise Posted/updated May 20, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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