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Article: DECLINE OF THE HONEYBEE THREATENS FOOD SUPPLY
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- July 12, 2008
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In the barefoot days of my childhood summers, bee stings were an
unpleasant but inevitable fact of life.
White clover was a constant in summer lawns, and honeybees were a
constant on white clover blossoms.
Think about it: "Clover honey" is still the benchmark commercial
variety you find in grocery stores all over America.
Clover, however, appears to be more durable than honeybees.
I remember, back in the early 1990s, walking across a recently
mowed lawn in front of a public building in Evansville that was
white with clover blossoms.
White clover is really aggressive about blooming right after
being cut.
I was wearing shoes that day, but old habits are hard to break.
As I walked, I was ...