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Colony Collapse Disorder Threatens Bee Population

Honeybees at the Queens County Farm Museum. Photo by Clare Trapasso.

Colony collapse disorder sounds like the plot to a best-selling mystery novel: A third of the nation’s honeybees are vanishing without a trace every year, leaving their young and what would be otherwise be healthy hives behind. But it's a very real problem that has scientists baffled—and worried.
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A New Beehive Begins at the Queens County Farm Museum

Beekeeper Walter Blohm at the Queens County Farm Museum. Photo by Clare Trapasso.

City Spoonful drops in on Walter Blohm's amateur beekeeping class at the Queens County Farm Museum.
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