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Senate ag panel advances bill to create Managed Honey Bee Health Program
Summary
The Senate Committee on Agriculture voted to pass AB 1042 to the Appropriations Committee. The bill would create a Managed Honey Bee Health Program at CDFA offering grants, incentives and technical assistance to support California’s managed beekeeping industry.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture on Monday voted to pass AB 1042 by Assemblymember Ransom to the Appropriations Committee, a measure that would create a Managed Honey Bee Health Program at the California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide grants, incentives and technical assistance to support managed pollinators.
The measure’s author and supporters told the committee that managed honey bees are essential to the state’s multi‑billion dollar fruit and vegetable industry and that more than 90 California crops rely on pollination services. Assemblymember Ransom told the committee the bill would use CDFA’s existing…
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