TED Talks Video: Where have the bees gone?

TED Talks Video: Where have the bees gone? by Dennis vanEngelsdorp.

"Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance.

Dennis vanEngelsdorp is Acting State Apiarist for Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture, studying colony collapse disorder -- the alarming, worldwide disappearance of worker bees."

Related:
Bats and White-nose Syndrome - a poorly understood malady associated with the deaths of thousands of baths. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
NDD = Nature deficit disorder. Wikipedia.
Growing Up Denatured. NYTimes, 2005.