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Article: Where have all the honeybees gone?(Health Risks & Environmental Issues)
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- Townsend Letter
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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In 2006, beekeepers began reporting massive die-offs and, more strangely, the complete disappearance of entire colonies of honeybees. Over the past 20 years, there have been serious bee losses due to mites, viruses, bacterial infections, and extreme weather conditions, but never on a scale experienced these past two years. Some beekeepers lost 50% of their bees, others 80%. A few beekeepers were devastated with 100% losses! Bee losses were not limited to this country, but were reported in other countries, as well.
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Ordinarily, beekeeping is not front-page news. However, The New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press and ...
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