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We can all help the honey bees.(Health Risks & Environmental Issues)

Honey bees have done more to sustain humanity than we can possibly imagine. Besides making honey and pollinating flowers, honey bees pollinate 90 varieties of fruits, vegetables, and tree nuts--one-third of our food supply. Even meat-eaters depend on honey bees to pollinate soybeans, a major food staple in meat production. Corn, another important feed crop, is self-pollinating, but bees like to forage in corn fields to add variety to their diets. In fact, bees depend on a wide variety of wild and cultivated plants to supply the right balance of nutrients to ensure healthy bee colonies. (A broader discussion of honey bees appeared in the June 2008 issue of Townsend Letter in my ...

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