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USDA Scientists Are Developing a Sperm Bank for Honeybees

USDA Scientists Are Developing a Sperm Bank for Honeybees

With honeybee colonies struggling to recover from years of population decline, scientists working at the US Department of Agriculture laboratories in Fargo, North Dakota are hedging their bets in a new facility designed to preserve the genetic material of honeybees for future generations. Until recently, honeybees were the only domesticated species that didn’t have an… Continue Reading