In this engaging interview, enhanced by images taken during the making ... the feeding of the larva with royal jelly. Again we had a lucky day, because queens are the shyest of all bees ...

Less healthy soils and less diverse food sources make for weaker pollinators, and the die-offs are accelerated when huge numbers of diseased bees are brought together to pollinate the same crop.

"If I wasn't on the melons and the little bit of caltrop that's there, I would be feeding my bees." Photo shows A beekeeper inspecting a frame of bees from a beehive. As the varroa mite continues ...