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Busy Bees

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Robin White
The World

Most people probably aren’t aware that the honeybee is not native to the United States. But we do have about 4,000 native species of bees. And a group of researchers is out to convince farmers that providing habitat for them would reap economic benefit. Robin White reports from northern California.

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