TOKYO -- Faced with declining numbers of honeybees, farmers in Japan are turning to a special breed of flies to pollinate crops.
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Fruit growers in Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture are using flies to pollinate strawberry flowers. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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