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Researchers say closing a top USDA research lab will slow responses to honeybee deaths

NPR | By Macy Byars
Published May 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM CDT

When beekeepers saw honeybee die-offs last year, experts at a USDA research center stepped in to help. The Trump administration plans to close the facility, and beekeepers and scientists are worried.

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