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• Bondevik addresses poverty, underdevelopment in Africa
  He has served as pastor and prime minister of Norway. Now he tries to solve humanitarian crises in one of the most tumultuous parts of the world, the Horn of Africa.9:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Kjell Magne Bondevik: Prime minister of Norway from 1997 - 2005. Currently, he is the United Nation's Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa.
  Resources
  HORN OF AFRICA: Invest in development to reduce drought vulnerability - UN envoy
  Minnesota International Center
• The search for missing bees
  Beekeepers are losing their hives by the hundreds, and no one seems to know where the bees are going. Our experts discuss the so-called "colony collapse disorder" and its impact on U.S. Agriculture.10:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Marla Spivak: professor of Apiculture and Social Insects at the University of Minnesota. She joins us in the studio. She has been a beekeeper for over 32 years.
  David Hackenberg: commercial beekeeper for 40 years, and has served as Pennsylvania's State Apiary Inspector and is a past president of the American Beekeeping Federation. He has lost all but 800 out of 3,000 hives. He joins us by phone from Dade City, Florida.
  Resources
  About Marla Spivak
  Hackenberg Apiaries
  The Bee Lab at the U of M

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