“Beekeeping” IELTS reading

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An interesting article about migratory beekeeeping followed by an ielts-like summary task. Use the attached bee sound mp3 file as a lead-in!

Excerpt

To eke out a full-time living from their honeybees, about half the nation’s 2,000 commercial beekeepers pull up stakes each spring, migrating north to find more flowers for their bees. Besides turning floral nectar into honey, these hardworking insects also pollinate crops for farmers -for a fee. As autumn approaches, the beekeepers pack up their hives and go south, scrambling for pollination contracts in hot spots like California’s fertile Central Valley. […]

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Keywords: advanced, bees, gap-fill, ielts, reading, summary, true / false