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New feed supplement addresses honey bee declines after blueberry pollination
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Washington produces more blueberries than any other U.S. state, but farmers sometimes struggle to obtain honey bees to pollinate the plants and produce fruit. That's in part because beekeepers are reluctant to provide bees to blueberry farms, given that there have been increased—
Washington produces more blueberries than any other U.S. state, but farmers sometimes struggle to obtain honey bees to pollinate the plants and produce fruit. That's in part because beekeepers are reluctant to provide bees to blueberry farms, given that there have been increased—and mysterious—bee colony losses after blueberry pollination.
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