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Nature photographer Anand Varma brings bees, birds, bats and parasites into focus for National Geographic

Honeybee populations have been declining for more than a decade. To keep one of nature’s most prolific pollinators alive and busy, the USDA has been mixing mite-resistant bees and bees kept by commercial beekeepers. “To say it like that makes it sound like we’re manipulating and exploiting bees, and the truth is we’ve been doing […]

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