Mar 25, 2009 9:17 am US/Eastern
Things Looking Up For Jersey Honeybees
CLARKSBURG, N.J. (AP) ―
New
Jersey officials say there are signs the state's
honeybees may be doing better after years of a mysterious die-off.
State honeybee inspector Tim Schuler noticed
some baby bees at Trapani Farms in Clarksburg Tuesday.
He says that's a sign that things might be
getting better for the state's honeybees.
The bees are important not just for honey. They
pollinate all sorts of crops.
But in New
Jersey and nationwide, their numbers have been dropping
in the past few years.
Forty percent of the state's honeybees died
over the winter of 2007 and nearly 20 percent died a year ago.
Schuler says he has had reports of new die-offs
but doesn't know how bad the problem was this winter.
Information from: The Star-Ledger,
http://www.nj.com/starledger
(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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