USDA boosts bee habitat, White House plans national strategy

Landowners in five states in the upper Midwest are eligible for $8 million in payments if they establish new habitat for honey bees on land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve, says USDA. The incentives are offered in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. USDA says more than half of commercially managed honey bees are… » Read More

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