Landscape structure and farming management interacts to modulate pollination supply and crop production in blueberries 

Ramírez-Mejía et al., 2023.

Deployment of beehives in blueberry fields can buffer, but not compensate for the negative effects on honeybee abundance produced by surrounding large scale none-flowering crops. Such compensation would require high-quality beehives by monitoring their health and strength. The contribution of honeybees to crop production is not equal across production metrics. That is, higher abundance of honeybees increases the number of berries produced but at the cost of smaller and more acidic fruits, potentially reducing their market value. Growers must consider this trade-off between fruit quantity and quality when actively managing honeybee abundance.

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14553