University of Vermont Bee Scientists (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

University of Vermont Bee Scientists

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A research team led by Insu Koh (right) and Taylor Ricketts, bee experts at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23 percent of the contiguous US, potentially threatening US crop production.

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Sally McCay, UVM

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