SAVE THE BEES!
January 2009
For anyone following the current honeybee crisis, this is great news.
From the stimulus bill just passed in the House:
$150 million for honey bee insurance (Pg. 102 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: “The Secretary shall use up to $ 50,000,000 per year, and $150,000,000 in the case of 2009, from the Trust Fund to provide emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary”)
(Thanks to Deb for reporting in with breaking news!)
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