Tag: beekeeping

  • Perils of Commercial Beekeeping

    Perils of Commercial Beekeeping

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    HONEYBEES POLLINATE CROPS BUT ENDURE STRESS, PARASITES AND DISEASE.  SOLUTIONS ARE COMING.  by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Apr. 6, 2014) — One of America’s earliest food crops – almonds – is also one of the most important for commercial beekeepers. Almonds depend on bees for pollination, but the explosive growth of this bumper crop taxes the very…