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WASHINGTON — America’s honeybee hives just staggered through the second highest death rate on record, with beekeepers losing nearly half of their managed colonies, an annual bee survey found. “It also highlights the hard work that beekeepers must do to rebuild their colony numbers each year.” The overall bee colony population is relatively steady because commercial beekeepers split and restock …
