Bees: a Dying Breed

Bees: a Dying Breed
We’ve been hearing about it for several years now. Bees are vanishing and dying off at alarming rates all over the world. Entomologists and beekeepers estimate that about 600,000 of America’s 2.6 million honeybee colonies may have recently disappeared. In some areas of the country, up to 80% of the honeybees simply vanished in as little as six months.Why should this be of concern to us? Our bees…

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