We do this with crawfish in a lot of parts of the world, and that works a lot better since they’ll also eat the decomposing plant matter that falls off the rice to keep the water cleaner and plants healthier.

Does it work for all bee species or only the honeybee species we usually use for producing honey? Wild populations are getting fucked and, last I checked, outcompeted by invasive honeybees we keep introducing to new areas for increased honey production…