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Andrew Van Dam (29 de marzo de 2024). «Wait, does America suddenly have a record number of bees?». Washington Post(en inglés). Consultado el 1 de abril de 2024. «America’s honeybee population has rocketed to an all-time high […] We’ve added almost a million bee colonies in the past five years. We now have 3.8 million, the census shows […] the honeybee has been the fastest-growing livestock segment in the country».