PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The State of Washington produces more blueberries than any other state, but farmers are struggling to obtain honeybees to pollinate the plants.
Farmers struggle to obtain honey bees, in part, because beekeepers are reluctant to offer the bees to blueberry farms, where there are increased, and “mysterious,” bee colony losses after blueberry pollination, according to Washington State University researchers…