Bees and Prairie (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Bees and Prairie

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Honey bee hives placed near flowering prairies in late summer and early fall were much healthier than those left near soybean fields after August, the researchers found.

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Photo by Amy Toth

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