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Wild bees losing out to corn in Minnesota and Upper Midwest, says U of Vermont study

It’s not just honeybees that are in trouble. Wild bees are disappearing from much of the nation’s farmland — especially in Minnesota and much of the Upper Midwest.

Overall, wild bees declined across nearly one-fourth of the country between 2008 and 2013. But some areas are now so inhospitable to wild bees that the nation’s crops, including soybeans in western Minnesota, are probably not getting the pollination they need for peak production, researchers at the University of Vermont found in the first nationwide study to map the abundance of wild bees.

http://www.startribune.com/wild-bees-losing-out-to-corn-in-minnesota-and-upper-midwest-says-u-of-vermont-study/363166631/

 

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