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Florida bee keepers are wondering what the future holds. The reason is bees are dying by the millions, and that could spell higher food prices.
"The honey bee population in Florida is really in a crisis," said Dave Hackenberg from Trilby, in Pasco County. His business is renting bee hives to farmers so the bees can pollinate crops. But for the last 10 years, the bee population has dwindled, and Hurricane Irma didn't help. "Irma probably took out 75 000 to 80 000 hives of bees. Just from
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