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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

By the numbers

$3 billion: Annual worth of U.S. fruit and flower pollination provided by bumblebees.

$20 billion: Annual worth provided by honeybees.

21: Lifespan in days of a wild bumblebee.

15: Lifespan in days of an infected wild bumblebee.

Associated Press