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Corn Dust Another Threat to Honeybees

Iowa Public Radio | By Amy Mayer
Published February 3, 2014 at 8:06 AM CST
In her lab at Iowa State, Mary Harris keeps specimens of bees for her research on how they are impacted by environmental factors including corn dust.

The way certain corn seeds get planted is having an unintended negative affect on honeybees in the Corn Belt. 
Agriculture
Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is a reporter based in Ames
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