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Article: New Research Announced for Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Jean Kummer of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
+1-717-787-5085
PDA Earmarks More Than $800,000 in Research Funding
HARRISBURG, Pa.,May 6/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture
Secretary Dennis Wolff today said the commonwealth will increase
funding to continue research on the potentially devastating Honey
Bee Colony Collapse Disorder.
Honey bees are critical to Pennsylvania agriculture and to our
states economy, said Wolff. Pollination from the honey bees
determines fruit set and increases fruit quality at an estimated
value of $80 million. We cant afford to be lax in dealing with this
problem.
A team of experts, including Pennsylvania acting State Apiarist ...