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HONEY BEES POLLINATE MORE THAN 100 COMMERCIALLY GROWN CROPS IN NORTH AMERICA
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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November 9, 2007
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The Connecticut Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
Honey bees pollinate more than 100 commercially grown crops in North America with a value of $14 billion as well as plants in an uncounted number of backyard gardens. Blueberries, cranberries, apples, pears, plums, strawberries, raspberries, rapeseed, and various cucurbits (i.e., squash, muskmelon, watermelon, and pumpkins) are some of the plants/crops in the northeast pollinated primarily by honey bees or for which these insects play an important role.
In Connecticut, for example, there were 2,200 acres of apple orchards with a utilized production value of $5,670,000 and 1,000 tons of pears produced with a value ...