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
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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.