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June 25, 2013

Tree nets to protect bees from pesticide

WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Workers wrapped bee-proof netting around blooming trees in the parking lot of an Oregon shopping center in an attempt to prevent the deaths of more bees.

Portland-area bee experts with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation estimate at least 25,000 bumble bees have died in the lot in about a week, clustered under dozens of linden trees.


 
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