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Will honey bees stay sweet on North Dakota?

Oct 21, 2016
Corn and soybean production is eating into North Dakota's great bee habitats.
Beekeeper Mark Sperry in Kindred, North Dakota says he has to travel increasingly long distances to find good forage areas for his bees due to increased acreage of corn and soybeans near him.
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How dirty honey made its way to the U.S.

Sep 20, 2013
The U.S consumers 400 million pounds of honey a year, but do we know where it comes from?

Candy cane-eating bees make red-tinted honey

Sep 4, 2013
Red honey is showing up in beehives around Utah. The source seems to be the bees, feeding off leftovers from a local factory that makes candy canes.