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  CHARLES KREBS
• Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees
  The mysterious ailment called colony collapse disorder has wiped out large numbers of the bees that pollinate a third of our crops. The causes turn out to be surprisingly complex, but solutions are emerging

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  Courtesy of Theresa Pitts-Singer of the USDA.
• Plan Bee: As Honeybees Die Out, Will Other Species Take Their Place?
  In a race against time, researchers propagate native solitary bees as an alternative to our most important pollinators

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  Mark K. Greco, Swiss Bee Research Centre
• Stingless Bees Mummify Enemies
  Lacking a stinger is no barrier to kicking butt in the evolutionary cage match between Australian bees and hive-invading parasites

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  FLICKR/MINDFRIEZE
• Urban Beekeepers Keep Cities Abuzz with Pollinators
  Home sweet home: Not all honeybees work far afield--some are making honey high in the rooftops

 

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