Beekeepers in Aroostook lost half of their hives last winter

by Paula Brewer
4 years ago
Randy Martin, executive director of the Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District, demonstrates how to insert a new nucleus of bees into a hive at the recent meeting of Aroostook County Beekeepers in Easton. Credit: Paula Brewer / The Star-Herald
In Aroostook County, where numerous commercial crops depend on bees for pollination, the insects face a lot of perils, even cellphone towers.Read more.