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A Stinging Decline

More than a decade after the phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder was linked to the startling disappearances of vast numbers of honeybees, these and many other bee species continue to suffer widespread declines. Biologist and author THOR HANSON explores this trend in his most recent book, Buzz: The published this year. We asked him to pose four questions about the future of bees.

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