ARS geneticist Tom Rinderer (right) and beekeeper Steve Bernard, along with ARS associates Tony Stelzer and Warren Kelley (background, L-R) of the Baton Rouge laboratory, inspect colonies of Russian and other honey bees at an isolated Agricultural Research Service facility on Marsh Island, Louisiana.

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ARS geneticist Tom Rinderer (right) and beekeeper Steve Bernard, along with ARS associates Tony Stelzer and Warren Kelley (background, L-R) of the Baton Rouge laboratory, inspect colonies of Russian and other honey bees at an isolated Agricultural Research Service facility on Marsh Island, Louisiana.

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