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🐝 30% of food supply depends on pollination and the infrastructure protecting it is being decommissioned. No bees = no harvest. The Conversation has the case for why that’s a food system problem, not just a bee problem. Excellent article written by @jenniedurant.bsky.social worth your time 👇

I wrote this piece for @us.theconversation.com about the proposed closure/reorganization of USDA and USGS bee labs — and what we stand to lose if public #bee research capacity is diminished just as beekeepers face alarming colony losses. #SaveTheBees theconversation.com/shutting-dow...

When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.