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GUEST POST: Declining Bee Populations Present a Catch-22 Situation - Green Building Elements

GUEST POST: Declining Bee Populations Present a Catch-22 Situation
Green Building Elements
When we consider that the European Crop Protection Association claim that “honey bees are the valuable pollinators of agricultural crops worldwide,” news that their populations are in decline should be a major cause for concern.

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N.C. prepares for swarm of Africanized bees - StarNewsOnline.com

N.C. prepares for swarm of Africanized bees
StarNewsOnline.com
By Jim Ware If it weren't true, the history of the Africanized honey bee would sound like the plot from a B horror film. A 1956 research experiment with African bees in Brazil goes wrong, releasing the bees into the wild. The African bees mate with ...

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Bees and butterflies pollinate young minds - Akron Beacon Journal

Akron Beacon Journal

Bees and butterflies pollinate young minds
Akron Beacon Journal
By John Higgins Butterflies wait to be released into the wild as students from King Elementary and St. Anthony of Padua Elementary participate in a program to learn about the care of bees, butterflies and the cycle of life. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon ...

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A billion bees 'from away' are essential to Maine's wild blueberry crop - Bangor Daily News

A billion bees 'from away' are essential to Maine's wild blueberry crop
Bangor Daily News
Buy Photo By Tom Walsh, BDN Staff The estimated 1 billion honeybees trucked into Down East and midcoast Maine in recent weeks to pollinate the wild blueberry crop are clustered in hives within “bee yards” established throughout the region, ...

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Agriculture relying more on wild pollinators - Western Farm Press

Agriculture relying more on wild pollinators
Western Farm Press
Orchard crops such as fruits and nuts are being heavily impacted by honey bee shortages for pollination, so growers are relying more and more on wild bees and other native pollinators to ensure an abundant harvest. Orchard crops such as fruits and nuts ...