Aug 22, 2011

Beekeepers try to stop the pollinator’s decline

Andrew Westrich lifted the top from a waist-high wood box in his suburban backyard.

He pried apart one of several frames lodged inside, exposing thousands of honey bees that, despite the dismantling of their home, reacted with indifference.

Westrich set the frame aside and pulled another from the box. It had few bees and no honey but something caught the beekeeper’s eye. The Kansas City Star