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[ENVIRONMENT] France abuzz with bee deaths

Drones, which pollinate one-third of the world's vegetables, are no longer hard at work. In fact, many are dead at the hands of parasites and hornets

By Christian Gauvry  /  AFP , SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-SALLE, FRANCE

"Thirty-five percent of the world's vegetal food resources depend on bees for pollination - we cannot ignore this problem," said Beatrice Robrolle-Marcy, president of the association Bee Planet.

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