The Silence of the Bees — High Country News

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Related: Busy as a Buchmann Ecologist Stephan Buchmann is crazy about bees, and his Tucson-based one-man nonprofit, The Bee Works, is simply buzzing with activity.; Have bee, will travel This issue of High Country News features Hannah Nordhaus on the challenges facing a Western migratory beekeeper and his hives of pollinating bees.; Metalpalooza '09 Metals mining is making an unexpectedly dramatic comeback in the West.; Confessions of an off-road outlaw A hunter who once tore through the woods on his ORV rethinks his ways after he realizes that he’s scaring off wildlife; Phosphate mining: a toxic tradition Simplot plans for a phosphate mine in southeast Idaho endanger a family's ranching lifestyle.

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