New Chemical, Dying Queens, and What 20,000+ Hives Just Told Us About This Year's Bee Collapse

Watch this 42-minute investigative interview that exposes alarming patterns in commercial beekeeping operations managing over 20,000 honeybee colonies during one of the worst bee die-offs in recent history. Learn directly from two of the largest-scale beekeepers in the U.S. who pollinate crops from almonds and avocados to blackberries and blueberries as they reveal disturbing trends including new queen failures, massive colony losses, and potential links to undisclosed agricultural chemicals. Discover the connections between Varroa mite resistance, viral outbreaks, and colony collapse while exploring suspicions about new pesticides or sprays that may be contributing to sudden queen failures. Examine how amitraz resistance and viral overload are impacting commercial beekeeping operations and understand what beekeepers are witnessing on the ground that regulatory agencies may be missing. Gain insights into how these unprecedented losses are affecting food production, crop pollination systems, and the future sustainability of commercial beekeeping in America, with critical implications for food security and environmental health.