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"WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second
highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their
managed colonies, an annual bee survey found.
But using costly and Herculean measures to create new colonies, beekeepers are
somehow keeping afloat. Thursday’s University of Maryland and Auburn University
survey found that even though 48% of colonies were lost in the year that ended
April 1, the number of United States honeybee colonies “remained relatively
stable.”
Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating more than 100 of the
crops we eat, including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus and melons.
Scientists said a combination of parasites, pesticides, starvation and climate
change keep causing large die-offs."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
