TY - JOUR
T1 - Honey Bees, Almonds, and Colony Mortality
T2 - An Economic Simulation of the U.S. Pollination Market
AU - Fei, Chengcheng J.
AU - Williamson, Kendra M.
AU - Woodward, Richard T.
AU - McCarl, Bruce A.
AU - Rangel, Juliana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Motivated by increasing threats to pollinator health and increasing pollination contract fees, we develop a simulation model for the honey bee pollination and honey production market. The model, calibrated using 2015 and 2016 data, incorporates population dynamics, 15 crops, and transportation of managed honey bee colonies across several states. In our model, forage that bees need is particularly scarce, and further increases in almond acreage will have little effect on the fees paid for pollination services. However, increases in bees’ winter mortality will lead to increases in early-season pollination fees and declines in late-season fees.
AB - Motivated by increasing threats to pollinator health and increasing pollination contract fees, we develop a simulation model for the honey bee pollination and honey production market. The model, calibrated using 2015 and 2016 data, incorporates population dynamics, 15 crops, and transportation of managed honey bee colonies across several states. In our model, forage that bees need is particularly scarce, and further increases in almond acreage will have little effect on the fees paid for pollination services. However, increases in bees’ winter mortality will lead to increases in early-season pollination fees and declines in late-season fees.
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U2 - 10.3368/wple.97.3.101519-0148R1
DO - 10.3368/wple.97.3.101519-0148R1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131721575
SN - 0023-7639
VL - 97
SP - 688
EP - 703
JO - Land Economics
JF - Land Economics
IS - 3
ER -