Researchers study declining bee numbers

From the DAILYAMERICAN.COM:

Honeybees are continuing to disappear in what beekeepers say are alarming numbers.

“Beekeepers have lost about a third of their bees in each of the last couple of years,” said Lee Miller, Freedom, president of the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers’ Association. “It is certainly a concern.”

Dennis vanEngelsdorp, a senior extension associate at Penn State University, said one-third of the total number of honeybee colonies worldwide have been lost. Bees pollinate about 30 percent of the nation’s produce…

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