Distortions 2 Rapport Archive NLP Distortions 2 Rapport Issue 45 Publication Date June 28th 2015 Authors Joe Cheal Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the bumblebee was introduced into New Zealand from the United Kingdom. The purpose was to help pollinate red clover...however, the bees also pollinated a native lupin. The lupin has become an aggressive (albeit beautiful) weed since then. Meanwhile, Australia is looking at introducing the bumblebee to pollinate the tomato plant (a laborious task currently done by hand). It is unclear what the effect will be on the ecosystem: it is not clear what else the bee will pollinate...and which other species the bee will compete with...and hence what else won’t then get pollinated if the competition is eradicated by the humble bumblebee.... NLP To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it
