Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state
Honey bees play a vital role in plant reproduction and food production.
While foraging for nectar, Bees collect pollen on their bodies. When they visit
another flower, some of this pollen is deposited on the stigma, enabling
fertilization. This process is crucial for the reproduction of many crops,
including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus, and melons. Beekeepers manage and
care for honeybee colonies for harvesting honey and other hive products like
beeswax and pollen. They also provide pollination services for crops. They
transport bees to take advantage of different growing seasons and control the
environment in which their bees live. On May 30, in northwestern
Washington state in the USA near the Canadian border, a truck carrying over 30
tons of active honey bee hives rolled over, and as many as 250 million honeybees
escaped. Local beekeepers responded to rescue as many honeybees as they could to
rehive the worker bees and find their queen bees. The public was warned to
avoid the swarm until they were retrieved. An emergency bee response!
Read the article and learn what happened to millions of honeybees
during transport.
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