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Honeybee

Honeybees have been raised in Texas since pre-Civil War years, and apiculture remains an active industry today, important for honey and wax production, and essential for crop pollination. However, bee populations face serious threat from colony collapse, evidently caused by parasites, beetles, and mites, likely made worse by the use of herbicides and pesticides.

Interviews

Narrator: Dan AurellTitle: Bee TravelDuration: 00:03:03Date: November 25, 2019Dan Aurell works with the Bee Informed Partnership to inspect, sample, diagnose, and consult on the health of honey bee colonies. Here he describes the wide travels of a typical group of colonies, ranging from North Dakota, Texas, California, and Washington state, providing pollination for almonds and cherries, and creating honey from Chinese tallow, canola, sweet clover, and alfalfa.