Byline: ALAN BJERGA - Bloomberg News
A malady that has killed millions of U.S. honeybees and is threatening $14.6 billion of crops is also harming hives in Asia, Europe and South America, said a scientist scheduled to testify before Congress today.
The disease known as Colony Collapse Disorder has been reported in Taiwan, Brazil, Spain and several other countries, May Berenbaum, head of the University of Illinois entomology department, told an audience Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The death of bees used commercially to pollinate almonds, apples and oranges in the United States so far hasn't harmed those crops partly because of bee imports. Global …
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