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THE U. S. Department of Agriculture USDA has announced increases in indemnity payments to beekeepers whose bees are killed or damaged by pesticides used near their bee colonies.

James E. Roberts, associate professor of entomology and Extension specialist at Virginia Tech, said the new rates are $22.50 for a destroyed colony (up $7.50); $15 for a severely damaged colony (up $5); $7.50 for a moderately damaged colony (up $2.50); and $7.50 for each queen nucleus destroyed (ud

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