Mystery Of Disappearing Honeybees: Fusion Of Form & Function

Stacks of man-made box hives with bees swarming them. Caption: Now, they prepare to unload their shipments of livestock--

Details the anatomy of the honeybee. Also details the roles of drones, worker bees, the queen, and the mystery of the honeybees' dance. Follows the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) problem to a variety of laboratories, investigating the pathology of bee diseases that are wiping out entire colonies and affecting our food supply. Concludes with the discovery that a viral infection is the most likely cause of CCD but warns that bees are subject to many other stresses that can upset the ecological balance and wipe out our supplies of fruits and vegetables.

(Source: DCMP)

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  • Mystery Of Disappearing Honeybees: Fusion Of Form & Function

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    New Dimension/Questar
    Length:
    30 minutes