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The Case Of The Missing Bees

About a third of our diet comes from food that needs some form of pollination, most of which is done by insects. There are birds and butterflies that pollinate as well, but honeybees comprise the vast majority of pollinators. Without them, we wouldn’t get apples, almonds and blueberries, for example. About 25 per cent of America's bee population has gone missing.

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