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                        Native Bees May Help Save Crops

   by Deborah Block

   U.S. President Barack Obama has called for a federal strategy to
   promote the health of bees that have been declining. The honeybee has
   been waning due to parasites, disease and pesticides. Wild bees may be
   used to take over their role as crop pollinators. Scientists first need
   to learn a lot more about wild bees, says biologist Sam Droege, who is
   pioneering the first national inventory on native bees. VOA's Deborah
   Block went to his research laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, to bring
   you more.
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