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Across the country, colonies of honeybees are disappearing. Where have they all gone? (Photo credit: Ken Gillespie Photography/ Alamy)
September 02, 2010Where Have All the Bees Gone?
In the fall of 2006, entomologists faced a distressing situation: bee colonies were dying off at unprecedented rates. Over the winter of 2006, bee colonies continued to decline, and beekeepers reported losses of between 30 to 90 percent of their hives. Though some die-off is expected to occur over the winter, these rates were still much higher than expected. Scientists were baffled. What was behind this drastic loss of bee colonies? Could anything be done to solve this crisis?
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