The Bee-pocalypse

What is killing the bees? And will we have enough food to eat if the bee-pocalypse becomes worse? We speak to Dave Goulson, Prof

What is killing the bees? And will we have enough food to eat if the bee-pocalypse becomes worse? We speak to Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology and Bumblebee ecologist at the University of Sussex, Judy Wu-Smart, Research Entomologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Steve Ellis, a beekeeper in Barrett, Minnesota.
Check out the full transcript here. Extra reading  

• Judy Wu-Smart’s study on how neonicotinoid pesticides affect queen bees
• Dave Goulson’s round-up of the parasites that plague bees
• A comprehensive laundry list of all the factors that make the world inhospitable to bees

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