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America's bees are losing a vital refuge, threatening our food supply

First publishedJul 15, 11:00 UTC
Last updatedJul 15, 13:25 UTC · 9m ago
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<p>The Midwest is America’s food basket, but few realize it’s also a prime refuge for bees. Each summer, beekeepers truck&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/rn301137d/w0894985t/qn59s357h/hcny0825.pdf" target="_blank" >more than a million</a> commercial honey bees to the region — about a third of all colonies in the U.S.

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<p>The Midwest is America’s food basket, but few realize it’s also a prime refuge for bees. Each summer, beekeepers truck&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/rn301137d/w0894985t/qn59s357h/hcny0825.pdf" target="_blank" >more than a million</a> commercial honey bees to the region — about a third of all colonies in the U.S. — drawn by one of the richest flowering landscapes in the country. Now that oasis is under threat — and since bees pollinate a third of every bite we eat, this loss could affect us all.&nbsp;</p><p>For decades, conservation grasslands, native prairie and cattle rangelands teeming with bee-friendly clover, alfalfa and wildflowers have provided the nectar and pollen bees need to produce wildflower honey.

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<p>The Midwest is America’s food basket, but few realize it’s also a prime refuge for bees. Each summer, beekeepers truck&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/rn301137d/w0894985t/qn59s357h/hcny0825.pdf" target="_blank" >more than a million</a> commercial honey bees to the region — about a third of all colonies in the U.S.
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