Central Beekeepers Alliance

The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

Louie Schwartzberg's film "Wings of Life," inspired by the plight of the honeybee, is a remarkable celebration of pollination and the tiny pollinators who keep our world alive. See some of the extraordinary high-speed images of the birds, bees, bats, butterflies ...

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The Perfect Design of Honey Bees

As beekeepers know, bees are "just this magnificent little engineered thing, just perfect for all the things they can do." As shown in the award-winning documentary, Silence of the Bees, honeybees are a wonder of design. The anatomy of the honey bee is perfectly suited to its many functions in Nature.

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Beekeepers are Worried: Dan Rather Reports

Concerned about the mystery honey bee deaths and Colony Collapse Disorder? Well, the situation is getting worse, according to a report by Dan Rather. US beekeepers are now losing an average of 30-50% of their hives each year, and systemic pesticides may be putting the food chain at risk.

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Animated Life of Bees

School kids are given a quick introduction to the life cycle of the honey bee in this charming animated video from Australia.

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What Would Your Garden Look Like Without Bees?

While researchers are looking for the causes, honey bee populations around the world continue to decline at alarming rates. Given that more than a third of our food supply is dependent on pollination by honey bees, it is not an exaggeration to say that we have the potential for a major agricultural disaster. That’s the [...]

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