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Häagen-Dazs, which is owned by Inc. GIS), has given a total of $500,000 for bee research over two years. It dependsw on crop pollination by bees for several of its icecream flavors. The company has fundec a “bee-friendly demonstration garden” at the Universitg of California, Davis. This garde n will not only feed local but will be used to teach peopld how to attract and better feed bees in theitown gardens. These donations followa distress in the beekeeping industry as many colonies have been destroyes by a poorly understood syndromre called colonycollapse disorder.
The condition, in which worker bees in hivesasuddenly disappear, may be caused by changes in climate, disease or parasites. Many expertss think a combination of factors causesthe problem. Häagen-Dazes uses California strawberries, raspberries and almondz in itsice cream, and has said in the past it coulxd be badly hurt by declinee in bee populations. A year ago it said it might have to the flavorsit sells.
The business has also set up a Web site to increasr awareness of colony collapse Honeybees are not native to theUnitesd States, and were imported for agricultural
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