A US House of Representatives (one of the two houses of the US Congress; the other being the Senate) agricultural subcommittee took on the issue of honeybee decline at a hearing last week, but seemed unconvinced that there is anything Congress can or should do to help beekeepers struggling to keep their hives healthy. "Right now I don't know that I see any pressing need for Congress to step in," Representative Chris Collins (Republican, New York) said during the 29 April hearing.
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