The Vanishing of the Bees

I just learned about this powerful bit o work: The Vanishing of the Bees
The trailer includes footage from a Malaysian honey hunt described in Stephen Buchmann’s Letters from the Hive as well as interviews with beekeepers from all over the country.
To be honest, the trailer is so compelling that my sappy little Mama cortex is [...]

44% of all U.S. bees died last winter

44% of all the U.S. bees died last winter. Again, doing the math, that comes to 1.1 million colonies, just shy of what’s needed for almond pollination next spring. Hmmmm….
from ‘Colony Collapse Disorder: What We’ve Learned’
In the article above, Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine, seems to conclude Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) has [...]