NATURE goes behind the scenes of Silence of the Bees with an interview with producer Doug Shultz.

While researchers probe deeper into understanding CCD, or colony collapse disorder, and beekeepers work harder to improve bee health, ordinary citizens can help the honeybee too.

Experts remind us why bees are critical to life as we know it -- and give us tips to help improve pollinator health.

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.

While gossip columnists may have full reign over the sex lives of Hollywood stars, scientists have invaded the habitats of the most infamous cheating animals.

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?

NATURE Online asked Dennis van Engelsdorp, Pennsylvania's acting state beekeeper, to comment on recent developments in the investigation into Colony Collapse Disorder.

In June 2008, NATURE checked in with Pennsylvania's acting state beekeeper, Dennis van Engelsdorp, for an update on the investigation into Colony Collapse Disorder.

Like ants and termites, common honeybees, which are black with characteristic orange-yellow rings on the abdomen, are social and cooperative insects.