The recent sudden collapse of bee colonies mystified scientists and farmers concerned over the potential commerical impact on open-pollinated crops such as almonds. Without workers bees spreading pollen there's no harvest. Experts think they may have the answer to the bees vanishing act. A fungus imported from Europe and Asia. ( LA Times)
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What's Bugging the Bees?
Category: California • Environment
Posted on: April 26, 2007 1:00 PM, by EJGili
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