Local Beekeepers Labor with Love as Honey Bees Decline Worldwide - Limestone Post Magazine
Honey bee populations in the U.S. have declined from 6 million in the 1940s to 2.5 million today. Pesticides, drought, and habitat destruction, are just a few reasons bees die. But more than 200,000 hobbyist beekeepers, like writer Erin Hollinden, are trying to keep them (and, by extension, us) alive.
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