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Preparing my back-porch beehive is my favorite rite of spring, but this year my flock mysteriously went missing. I'll miss more than just the honey.
  • This is a really big deal

    Bees aren't decorative cute flying critters. They're critical to a big swath of agricultural products in the US. In NC bees are a 12+ million dollar a year business which controls more than 150 million dollars of crops per year. 95% of wild hives may disappear. The other onslaught to deal with are Africanized Honey Bees which can migrate easily into subzero climes.