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that will support bee health.
• Goehring said the amendment is in response to increasing losses of honeybees to colony collapse disorder, a mysterious phenomenon that has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to disappear each winter since 2006. A federal report blames a combination of intertwined factors that include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides.
• "Beekeepers and farmers can work together to identify optimum hive placement with respect to bee habitat, water, forage, and cultivation practices that reduce the

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