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A programme coming up on the 23 April, BBC4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk16/thu.shtml
"Bees are dying in their millions and it's an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. Introduced by Martha Kearney, Who Killed The Honeybee? explores the reasons behind the decline of bee colonies across the globe and investigates what might be at the root of this devastation.
Honey bees are the No. 1 insect pollinator on the planet, responsible for the production of over 90 crops. Apples, berries, cucumbers, nuts, cabbages and even cotton will struggle to be produced if bee colonies continue to decline at the current rate. Empty hives have been reported from as far afield as Taipei and Tennessee. In England, the matter has caused beekeepers to call on the government to fund research into what they say is potentially a bigger threat to humanity than the current financial crisis.
Investigating the problem from a global perspective, the programme travels from the farm belt of California to the flatlands of East Anglia to the outback of Australia. They talk to the beekeepers whose livelihoods are threatened by colony collapse disorder (CCD), the scientists entrusted with solving the problem and the Australian beekeepers who are making a fortune replacing the planet's dying bees. They also look at some of the possible reasons for the declining numbers ? is it down to a bee plague, pesticides and malnutrition, or is the answer something even more frightening?
Who Killed The Honeybee? is part of a season of programmes on BBC Four exploring how food gets from the fields to the kitchen table. It documents the revolution this process has undergone in Britain over the last 100 years and examines how the countryside has changed as a result. Other programmes in the season include: Mud, Sweat And Tractors, Farm To Pharm and Dorset Days ? A Year In The Life Of Longhorn Jim."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk16/thu.shtml
"Bees are dying in their millions and it's an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. Introduced by Martha Kearney, Who Killed The Honeybee? explores the reasons behind the decline of bee colonies across the globe and investigates what might be at the root of this devastation.
Honey bees are the No. 1 insect pollinator on the planet, responsible for the production of over 90 crops. Apples, berries, cucumbers, nuts, cabbages and even cotton will struggle to be produced if bee colonies continue to decline at the current rate. Empty hives have been reported from as far afield as Taipei and Tennessee. In England, the matter has caused beekeepers to call on the government to fund research into what they say is potentially a bigger threat to humanity than the current financial crisis.
Investigating the problem from a global perspective, the programme travels from the farm belt of California to the flatlands of East Anglia to the outback of Australia. They talk to the beekeepers whose livelihoods are threatened by colony collapse disorder (CCD), the scientists entrusted with solving the problem and the Australian beekeepers who are making a fortune replacing the planet's dying bees. They also look at some of the possible reasons for the declining numbers ? is it down to a bee plague, pesticides and malnutrition, or is the answer something even more frightening?
Who Killed The Honeybee? is part of a season of programmes on BBC Four exploring how food gets from the fields to the kitchen table. It documents the revolution this process has undergone in Britain over the last 100 years and examines how the countryside has changed as a result. Other programmes in the season include: Mud, Sweat And Tractors, Farm To Pharm and Dorset Days ? A Year In The Life Of Longhorn Jim."
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