Beneficial bats help Florida agriculture

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. They are a common sight, especially in the dusk hours just after sunset. Bats can often be seen circling around as they begin their nocturnal feeding on insects. Many of the insects on a bat's buffet are harmful to farmers. Consequently, the sight of bats flitting around a farmer's field should be a welcomed one. In an April 2011 article in the publication Science, the writers estimate that the “loss of bats in North America could lead to agricultural l