BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Higher rental fee prices for honey bee hives are helping to offset an accelerated loss of bees due to a variety of ailments, a commercial beekeeper in southwest Idaho says.

Nick Noyes of The Honey Store in Fruitland tells the Idaho Business Review (http://wp.me/2XDCg) that crop growers are trying to help by creating conditions more conducive to bee survival.

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