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Feds propose multi-pronged plan to bolster decline in bees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more on research and considering reductions in pesticide use. Scientists say bees — crucial to pollinate many crops — have been hurt by a combination of declining nutrition, mites, disease and pesticides. The plan calls for restoring 7 million acres of bee habitat in the next five years.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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