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| "Beekeeping restrictions move closer " |
California legislation intended to keep commercial bees from seedless mandarin groves passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee after being "tweaked" to protect the growers' "right-to-farm."
Phil Pierre, a citrus consultant who mangages citrus in five counties including Madera and Fresno, said consumers want seedless fruit, and the W. Murcott groves pollinated by bees produce seeds.
Orin Johnson, president of California State Beekeepers Association, says pollination is needed in many different areas of agriculture. |
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