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Committee clears Honeybee Health Act to support managed pollinators and hive health
Summary
AB 1042, the Honeybee Health Act, passed the Assembly Agriculture Committee and would create a Managed Honey Bee Health Program to provide grants, research, technical assistance and an advisory committee to support beekeepers and pollination services that undergird many California crops.
Assembly Bill 1042, titled the Honeybee Health Act, was advanced by the California State Assembly Committee on Agriculture and is due passed to the Appropriations Committee after proponents described the central role of managed honey bees in California agriculture and the industry’s recent declines.
Assemblymember Ransom presented AB 1042, saying over 100 California crops rely on pollination services from managed honey bees and that declines in hive health — attributed to habitat loss, climate change, pests and disease —…
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