U.S. needs to do more to protect bees, GAO says
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration needs to do more to help curtail the sharp decline in the U.S. bee population because the problem shows no signs of abating, the Government Accountability Office said Friday.
The GAO, the independent investigative arm of Congress, said efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department to address the wide range of factors affecting bee health — including pests, disease and pesticide exposure — will be “a complex undertaking that may take many years and require advances in science and changes in agricultural land-use practices.”
