Bees Emerging After a Hard Winter
12:24 minutes
After a winter that many beekeepers have described as particularly hard on their hives, Eric Mussen, extension apiculturist at the University of California, discusses the plight of the modern honeybee and the threats the tiny pollinators face from disease and pesticides.
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Eric Mussen
Eric Mussen is extension apiculturist in the department of entomology at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California.
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