Bees On Their Knees

Living on Earth

A mysterious ailment is killing the nation’s honeybees, and it’s spreading over nearly half the United States. Steve Curwood talks with Jerry Hayes, chief of the Apiary Section of Florida’s Department of Agriculture.

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