A Third Of America's Bee Colonies Died Last Year And That's 'Good News'?

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 Bee populations around the world have been in decline for years due to a number of reasons that make it extremely difficult to fix the problem. Urban development, insecticides, fungicides, illness, climate change and many other factors have been determined to be responsible for the decline in bee populations.

This week, the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America published their annual survey of 4,963 beekeepers in the United States and it seems that we still have a problem. But it was a slightly better year for our vital pollinating friends.

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What's killing them.....

Urban development, insecticides, fungicides, illness, climate change and many other factors have been determined to be responsible for the decline in bee populations.

In Africa, Bees are rared on Remote farms where there is no interference with commercial processes.....

What do you imagine could solve this problem?

We need to save Bees!

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