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Honeybees are an important resource to Michigan agriculture, both for the honey they produce and the pollination of crops. Some pesticides used on crops can harm honeybees and may even destroy whole colonies. We urge beekeepers, farmers and commercial pesticide applicators to cooperate to reduce the loss of honeybees in Michigan from pesticides.
We support research efforts to find practical, effective methods to control or reduce the infection of varroa mites, tracheal mites, small hive beetles in honeybees and colony collapse disorder.
Beekeeping (apiary) is a specialized form of agriculture and should be recognized as such by local, state and national regulatory bodies.
