Silence of the Bees: New Report Shows Modest Decline in Colony Losses (May 27, 2009)
New numbers suggest that bees may be bouncing back from yearly declines, but experts remain concerned about their future.

New numbers suggest that bees may be bouncing back from yearly declines, but experts remain concerned about their future.
In the winter of 2006, millions of bees vanished from their hives without a trace. The epidemic set researchers scrambling to discover why honeybees were dying in record numbers -- and to stop the epidemic in its tracks before it spread further.
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In 2006, millions of bees vanished from their hives without a trace. Watch the full episode online now.
Honeybees pollinate about one-third of crop species in the U.S. If bee colonies were so severely affected by CCD that pollination stopped, could we lose these crops forever?
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