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Honey Bee Pollination Crisis: Shortage of Bees May Reduce Crop Production.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 11-FEB-05 		Format: Online - approximately 557 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
JESUP, Ga. -- Unprecedented losses of honey bees to a parasitic mite are threatening U.S. crop production, with impacts ranging from almonds to zucchinis.

The American Beekeeping Federation estimates that about 50 percent of the honey bee colonies in California have been killed or severely weakened.

In January, as beekeepers began preparing to place their beehives into California orchards to pollinate almonds, they found that varroa mites had decimated their bees, leaving many of the colonies dead and others severely weakened. The...

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