"Our bees are pulling a disappearing act. The question scientists, beekeepers, even the United Nations are trying to answer is why. Our planet is in the midst of a global bee crisis. Between 2006 and 2007, 32 percent of America's honeybees died, according to a survey by Apiary Inspectors of America and the US Department of Agriculture. The next winter, 36 percent, more than 1 million hives, disappeared. Honeybees across the world are perishing quickly and without warning. The suspected culprit? Beekeepers say it's the pesticides, specifically neonicotinoids, that coat our farmlands." - Harold