A Job for the Bee Team

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Aug 21, 201710:38Science & Medicine

On May 2, 2015, beekeepers Pam Arnold and Kristy Allen got hit with a pesticide. They couldn't see it or smell it, but when they saw their bees writhing on the ground and dying they knew something was seriously wrong. Th...

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