Colony collapse
We explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
Honey bees are incredibly important to the US food supply, of which about one-third relies on bees for pollination. A number of beekeepers have begun to see large-scale deaths and disappearances among the bee population.
On this week’s TechKnow, contributor and science writer Kyle Hill travels to Minnesota and Washington to explore the phenomenon known as “colony collapse” and the devastating effects that the loss of honey bees could have on the American food industry.
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