Buzz kill

On Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30pm ET:

Bees are dying and experts say if nothing is done, human lives could be lost too. Every third bite of food may be traced to the $15 billion dollars in crops pollinated by bees each year. Since the 1990’s, U.S. honeybee populations have decreased by more than 25%. No specific cause is known but scientists say pesticides & habitat loss are part of the problem. So, is the solution urban beekeeping & banning certain pesticides? Or is the problem overblown? We discuss at 7:30pmET.   

On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to: 

Larry Marling
Co-founder, Eco Honeybees
ecohoneybees.com

Jennifer Sass @JBSass
Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
nrdc.org

Wally Thurman
Professor of Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University

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Over the past decade, commercial beekeepers have been losing between 30 and 50 percent of their honey bees each year. In the wild, half of the bee species present in the 19th century are now extinct. Scientists have labeled the phenomenon "colony collapse disorder (CCD)."

The video below highlights the main issues of CCD: