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03/30/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Is Monsanto responsible for a 90 percent drop in the bumblebee population?

The rusty patched bumblebee was, at one time, an ordinary bee with a substantial population across the US. But the once-common bee has fallen prey to human action, and the number of these little pollinators has declined drastically. Over the last two decades, the rusty patched bumblebee population has declined by a staggering 90 percent, […]

03/24/2017 / By Vicki Batts

56 percent of Maryland’s bees disappeared in 2016 as pollinator collapse accelerates

The decimation of bee populations is a national concern, but beekeepers in the state of Maryland have been hit especially hard by the wave of bee deaths. In 2016 alone, beekeepers in the mid-Atlantic state faced a devastating loss equating to more than 56 percent of their bee colonies, according to the Bee Informed Partnership […]

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