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"The Silence of the Bees"
In news regarding production agriculture and recent events associated with colony collapse disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder and bees, the PBS program "Nature http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/crocs/index.html " will be featuring this issue in a documentary program http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/22863 that will be aired this Sunday, Oct. 28.
For an excellent audio backgrounder on this issue, its implications, potential causes and world-wide reach, FarmPolicy recommends this radio segment http://www.will.uiuc.edu/media/focus071022a.mp3 (MP3) with May Berenbaum, Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois, which aired yesterday on WILL- AM 580 http://www.will.uiuc.edu/am/focus/default.htm radio (University of Illinois public radio).
As this preview http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/22863 to the "Nature" program explains, "Honeybees are responsible for one of every three bites of food we eat. Each year, they pollinate $14 billion worth of crops and seeds in the U.S. alone. Their total decimation would be catastrophic from the local to the global level -- failed businesses, skyrocketing food prices, unsustainable labor costs, and depleted supplies of fruits, nuts, vegetables, plants, and more."
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PBS, Radio, & Scientific Journals Report on Catastrophic Die Off of the Bees 'The Silence of the Bees"
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October 23, 2007
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