Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee

California farmers depend on bees to pollinate the state's multi-billion-dollar fruit and nut crops, but in recent years thousands of bee colonies have disappeared around the country. Meet two Northern California researchers looking for ways to make sure we always have bees to pollinate our crops.

Tags: bees, farming, kqed, pbs, pollination, QUEST

Additional Links

• More photos from this story - Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee flickr set
• Discuss the Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee TV story
• The Pollinator Partnership
• The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
• Gordon Frankie's Urban Bee Gardens
• Colony Collapse Disorder Working Group Reports

 

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