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Conservation prompts Yost's concern for bees

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Royals manager Ned Yost has no issue killing deer, or other wildlife.

So you may wonder why Yost has been so consumed with the well-being of the honey bee population. Yost was angered last Spring Training when a swarm of honey bees that delayed a game in Tempe, Ariz., was exterminated, calling the act "mass bee genocide."

A swarm of honey bees also has invaded Surprise Stadium several times this spring, and the swarm delayed Tuesday's game when it landed on a Royals ball bag near the dugout. A local exterminator was called.

This time, though, the honey bees were spared when a retired beekeeper in the stands -- Lowell Hutchison from St.