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Why are honeybees disappearing?

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The Colony Collapse Disorder

CNN's John Sutter says bees are disappearing at an alarming rate. Beekeepers go to California every year with about 40 billion honeybees to pop and pollinate the almond crop. The almonds, the almond holes are sold as cattle feed, part of the cattle feed. They're also crushed as shells for betting for livestock. And the dust almond dust is collected as an additive to the topsoil. So that hamburger has almond juice running through it. That's just almonds.

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