Honey Bee Losses

Honey bees are a massive global business, responsible for a third of the world's food production. Honey bees provide $15 billion in added U.S. crop value each year, and as the USDA reports,"About one mouthful in three in our diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination."
It's difficult to overstate honey bee significance to the planet's food security. And since 2006, after the bulrush onset of Colony Collapse Disorder, scientists and beekeepers have looked for a source of blame, a cause to explain millions of abandoned hives and billions of dead bees.