NATURE | Silence of the Bees | The Importance of Bees | PBS

An entomologist and a beekeeper discuss honeybees' crucial role as pollinators and the possibly devastating effects of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, with vibrant close-up shots of bees in action.

From the "NATURE" season premiere "Silence of the Bees," airing on PBS Sunday, October 28 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates "NATURE," the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toyota. For more information, visit http://wwwpbs.org/nature

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[ngaudio021]

haha the lady that spoke at the very beginning is a professor at my university (University of Illinois) and I just sat through a lecture of hers on bees last tuesday.

[papaduck91]

this needs more god damn media attention

[TaraJanes57]

lol she said at the beginning it's global warming..Global warming is a man made hoax. People who get sucked into that thinking lose all credibility with me. It's Mansanto! They are messing with the dna of our produce. That's what is causing CCD.

[MrBlackopsismylife]

fuck you pbs now im all itchy!

[haddad2970]

@papaduck91 Perhaps if we bees were more cute and cuddly like bunnies or puppy-dogs

[marsk4angel]

DO U KNOW that bees have not one virus, but many, also fungus and so many other deseases at the same time. Overal they get so sick, they have memoryloss and their inside looks like that off a severe aids-sufferer, their immumesystem is gone and this all because numerous pesticide poisend their fragile bodies and caused the aids-like illnesses.

[stephanwolf]

Its human technologies that's killing bees and other pollinating creatures. They are confused and put in danger with high radio frequency wave lengths. Think of it like a dog when it hears hi pitched sounds such as whistles and sirens, they go crazy. That is how bees react to radio signals, and high frequencies. They cant do their jobs right when having to deal with these high frequencies though out the world do to us humans. So i ask the Bees or your Cell phone... Which is most important? Bees!

[333jdcee]

Did you know that the US is developing grain that kills bees reproductive process and also does not produce fertile seed ...thus if this grain is grown new seed will have to be purshased every time as that grown will not repolinate