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On Beeing

99% Invisible

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The Cost of Beekeeping

Commercial beekeepers get most of their income from pollination. Jeff Lee says the cost for keeping bees alive has shot through the roof in the last couple years. Adult bees leave the hive and never come back, leaving the babies to die. Researchers blame pesticides, disease and parasites.

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