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American disease that's wreaking havoc on the Cape's honeybee population

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imageA honeybee in the Cape region where the American Foulbrood disease is having devastating effects.EPA/Nic Bothma

Until recently, sub-Saharan Africa was thought to be free from the American foulbrood disease, which afflicts its honeybee population. This was believed to be due to the African honeybees’ biology, and possibly that American...

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