Kansas City Hopes For Honeybee Comeback

South side efforts and today's life lesson . . . 

"A world without bees means a world with less food, Hansen said. Honeybees contribute more than $15 billion to the U.S. economy, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hansen and Bob Williams, a fellow member of the Midwestern Beekeepers Association, agreed that communities like Kansas City could lose a third of their food supply without pollination from honeybees."

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