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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2014, 12:32 PM Feb 2014

Gillibrand urges feds to look at bee losses in NY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is telling federal officials that the Empire State needs its bees to pollinate crops.

Gillibrand wrote Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to ask him to expand the department's efforts to revive bee populations in New York and the Northeast. Vilsack has already directed $3 million to study bee losses in the Midwest.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NY_GILLIBRAND_BEES_NYOL-?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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