The Bee-pocalypse

What is killing the bees? And will we have enough food to eat if the bee-pocalypse becomes worse? We speak to Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology and Bumblebee ecologist at the University of Sussex, Judy Wu-Smart, Research Entomologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Steve Ellis, a beekeeper in Barrett, Minnesota. Check out the full transcript here. Extra reading  

Judy Wu-Smart’s study on how neonicotinoid pesticides affect queen bees Dave Goulson’s round-up of the parasites that plague bees A comprehensive laundry list of all the factors that make the world inhospitable to bees