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Honeybee-Colony Losses Widened Last Winter, USDA Says
4 May 2010 Bloomberg.com
Honeybees in the U.S. died at a greater rate from October to April than a year earlier, with more beekeepers attributing the cause to an illness that has devastated hives in recent years, the government said.
Managed colonies lost to all causes reached 34 percent of all hives, up from 29 percent a year earlier and down 36 percent during the winter of 2007-2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. The portion of surveyed beekeepers reporting the presence of Colony Collapse Disorder increased from the previous year, while staying below the percentage citing it the year before that.
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