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EconomyA local bee keeper has started working with an apprentice, thanks to a new state program. Last summer, an employee of Iowa WORKS in Davenport approached…
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EnvironmentThe decline in populations of bees, monarch butterflies, and other pollinators continues as the second annual pollinator conference is held in the Quad…
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EnvironmentThousand of insects arrived at Augustana College over the weekend. Augie Acres, a club that grows pesticide-free crops and plants, received 20,000 bees on…
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EnvironmentIf you love apples, cashews, or string beans, you should love honeybees, too. Those are just three of the many foods that require bee pollination. Wild…
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EnvironmentHoneybees in the U.S. are in trouble. Their populations have been declining for years, but a long, cold winter put a huge dent in the number of hives in…