If you have some free time on this coming Sunday afternoon, you can watch the members of the Beaverlodge (Alberta) bee research program in action on TV!

This will be on the French language network of the CBC, on the science show called Découverte (Discovery), as part of a segment looking at factors causing the recent losses of honey bees in Canada — Pourquoi y-a-t-il a de moins en moins d’abeilles? as the program asks. Why are there fewer and fewer bees?

Dr. Stephen F. Pernal, Officer in Charge at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Beaverlodge Research Farm, was interviewed earlier this summer and some of the work at Beaverlodge Farm was filmed for the program.

The bee episode of Découverte airs at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2008 (check your local listings). The show is also broadcast internationally on channel TV5. To find out the hours of broadcasting in different countries, visit http://www.tv5.org.