Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Honey is just bee vomit -- and other fun facts about bees

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really knows why.

By Madeleine Brand • Aug 14, 2018 • 1 min read

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really knows why. Pesticides and climate change are chief suspects. Bees now have to be sent around the country to pollinate crops, such as the immense almond crop in California. We talk about the role of bees in the world, and what’s at stake if their numbers continue to plummet.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Thor Hanson
conservation biologist, and author “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees”

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Honey is just bee vomit -- and other fun facts about bees

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really knows why.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Honey is just bee vomit -- and other fun facts about bees

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really knows why.

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