'Worker flies' all the buzz in Japan agricultural pollination amid honeybee shortage
'Worker flies' all the buzz in Japan agricultural pollination amid honeybee shortage May 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) A Bee Fly, or a common green bottle fly, is seen on mango flowers in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, in March 2021. (Mainichi) KAGOSHIMA -- An increasing number of agricultural farms in Japan are using flies instead of honeybees to pollinate vegetables and fruits, because the supply of bees is in decline and flies have proven to be good pollinators despite their negative image. In mid-March, shiny metallic green flies were seen buzzing around pink flowers in a plastic green...