ENTOMOLOGY:  WLS-TV (Chicago, May 16) – For the growing number of beekeepers in Lake County, the arrival of 3 million bees was a welcome sign that winter was finally ending. Gene Robinson, an entomology professor at Illinois, credits three factors with the growth of beekeeping as a hobby. “With the concern for bees and the interest in locally produced food and the interest in food in general, we have I think sort of the makings of a renaissance for beekeeping,” Robinson says.
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