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It may be one of nature's oddest couples: a tiny wasp that can barely be seen, and a giant fig tree, the sycomore. The wasp and the fig depend on each other for survival.
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The sycomore fig tree and the fig wasp share a curious and important co-dependency.
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Like ants and termites, common honeybees, which are black with characteristic orange-yellow rings on the abdomen, are social and cooperative insects.
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Watch the full episode of Silence of the Bees online now.
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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 the winter of 2006/2007, more than a quarter of the country's 2.4 million bee colonies were lost to CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder. This loss is projected have an $8 billion to $12 billion effect on America's agricultural economy, but the consequences of CCD could be far more disastrous.
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