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Archive Home > 2007 > March > 21 > Disappearing bees raise alarm for crops

Disappearing bees raise alarm for crops

Mysterious disorder could spread to region

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 21, 2007

In two dozen states across the country, beekeepers have looked into hives that should be teeming with bees to find nothing but sticky honey and wax. Within the span of a few weeks or a few days, all the honeybees in previously strong colonies go missing, occasionally leaving just a queen and a....

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