Buzz off? bee shortage may sting U.S. food supply.(COVER STORY)(Cover story) From: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) | Date: April 4, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Weekly Reader Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

What do cherries, almonds, and soybeans have in common? They all need miniature yellow and black "farmers"--honeybees!

The tiny buzzing insects are responsible for one-third of all the food people consume, or eat. Honeybees pollinate more than 90 types of crops, from cotton to broccoli. To pollinate is to move a yellow powder called pollen from one plant to another, so the plants can make seeds and fruit.

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