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Jess McCabe, outfitted in protective clothing, prepares to open a bee hive to check for bee health and ensure the queen has not been killed and replaced with an Africanized queen. Joycesarah McCabe | Dispatch Record
Albert Einstein has been attributed as saying, “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left.” Even if the quote is misattributed, many would assert the sentiment is true.
According to a 2018 article by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration entitled “Helping Agriculture’s Helpful Honey Bees,” bee populations are declining. Some experts…