Drought affecting bee colony
Project Earth • 1m 46s
Bees are facing a population crisis.
Every year beekeepers from midwestern states of the U.S. take their colonies to California to pollinate crops, but this year there may not be enough strong colonies to make the trip.
See why, and what it could mean.
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