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Apple Growers Feel Sting of Mysterious Honeybee Loss

Environment (tags: nature, habitat, trees, apples, agriculture, bees, sustainabililty )

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- 116 days ago - dailygazette.com

Bees play a critical springtime role,pollinating apple blossoms.There have to be enough of them to get the job done on the 10 million apple trees in New York,or there won't be apples this fall.

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Marian E. (140)

Sunday May 11, 2008, 9:07 pm

Sure, warmer weather for a longer period would keep the bees active and they might run out of food and starve. There could be a number of factors, but personally, I suspect the GM seed that has been modified to be pest resistant. Cross pollination problems resulting in the death of bees was documented in the 80s.

Thank you J.R.