On this West Virginia Morning, a seemingly simple project – to catalog the native bee population in a neighboring state – has led nature preservationists to identify hundreds of bee species. Some are multi-colored, live far away from a hive and specialize in their life’s work, pollinating only one kind of plant. 

Plus, the budget bill has created a looming deadline for commercial and residential solar projects relying on tax credits.

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