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Checking honeybee health by testing honey DNA

Commercial and hobby beekeepers lose many bee colonies to disease every year. A Fargo researcher is developing a way to provide an early warning of disease by testing DNA in honey.

The lab has been running DNA tests on dead honeybees from across the country since 2016.

They started by testing for nine viruses and two bacteria in adult bees. Now they can test for 18 different pathogens.

Initially the tests could only identify the presence of viruses and other pathogens harmful to bees. Now the testing can quantify the level of each pathogen in the hive, providing beekeepers with more detailed information about the health of their bees.

Wave of young, diverse Minnesota politicians see path to power after primary wins

Fresh off their victories in last week’s primaries, a new generation of young, diverse Minnesota politicians — many of them women of color — is poised to take power at the Capitol in January.

The Minnesota Senate is likely to add two senators of Hmong ancestry, two Black women and a Muslim woman, all DFLers, based on their primary wins. Likely new lawmakers also include several young Republicans and a DFLer expected to be the first transgender person to win a seat in the Legislature.

 
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Two people shot, one fatally, near George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. Police were called to the shooting just before 1 p.m. Sunday. They found two people with gunshot wounds, and one of them died at Hennepin Healthcare a short time later. The other suffered what were described as life threatening injuries.

Hennepin County attorney candidates have similar goals, but different ways to achieve them. With the race for Hennepin County Attorney narrowed to two candidates after last week’s primary, the campaigns are gearing up for the November general election where police reform and violent crime promise to yet again be the central issues. Although both candidates say they want the same results — public safety and police accountability — they disagree on how to get there.

Fire on Isle Royale prompts closures, trail evacuations. The National Park Service has shut down some campgrounds and closed popular trails on Isle Royale in Lake Superior after a forest fire started there on Saturday. Smoke was spotted in the area of the island's Three Mile Campground on Saturday afternoon, according to the park service.

—  Matt Mikus, MPR News
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