They're knocking on the door. If they don't make that leap, they'll probably disappear in desert areas, due to lack of food and water. Task force member Kirk Visscher, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside, expected the bees eventually to reach the lush farmland. Whether they stay is another matter. About 17 million people live in the threatened urban areas, and officials emphasize that the risk of a bee attack is minuscule.
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