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A bee-haven town: Celebrants cheer Eugene as ‘America’s most bee-friendly city’

By John Jordan-Cascade on June 1, 2014

Filed under: Bees, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals

Tags: Bee-Fest, bees, City Councilor Claire Syrett, City Councilor George Brown, honeybees, Jen Hornaday, Mayor Kitty Pirecy, neonicotinoids, neonics, Shawn Donnille

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