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  • Environmental issues and concerns that affect beekeeping.
Environmental issues and concerns that affect beekeeping.
 #4337  by Chrisbarlow
 30 Jul 2019, 21:24
Viruses in managed honeybees are spilling over to wild bumblebee populations though the shared use of flowers, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. This research suggests commercial apiaries may need to be kept away from areas where there are vulnerable native pollinator species, like the endangered rusty patched bumblebee

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190626160339.htm