Iowa’s Honey Bee Population Making A Comeback
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6/11/2018
An effort to rebuild Iowa’s honey bee population is apparently working. State Apiarist Andrew Joseph says, despite this past winter’s extended stretch of extreme cold, the insect’s numbers look good.
In addition to producing a sweet, sticky food substance, honey bees play a role in the pollination of all kinds of agricultural crops. A harsh winter in 2014 devastated Iowa’s honey bee population with losses of colonies as high as 65-percent. Joseph credits backyard beekeepers for helping re-establish some of the colonies.
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