Colony Collapse Disorder

Beekeepers in parts of the north island have reported big bee losses, affecting honey crops by nearly two thirds. Dr Mark Goodwin is the head of Plant and Food Research's bee unit. Audio

Paulo de Souza of the CSIRO is working on a 'swarm sensing' project that involves fitting 5000 tiny sensors to honeybees in Australia to understand more about colony collapse disorder and how insects… Audio

The honeybee is under threat around the world. Beekeepers in the United States are losing close to a third of their hives to Colony Collapse Disorder and things aren't looking much better in Europe… Audio

There's concern a disease, which has wiped out bees in other countries, has now reached New Zealand. Kerry McCurdy, is worried the disease known as "Colony Collapse Disorder" is to blame. Audio

Geoff Kipps Bolton speaks up for bees. He's from San Diego where bee numbers have been decimated by colony collapse disorder. Audio

Rowan Jacobsen on colony collapse disorder. It's killing billions of the world's honeybees but nobody really knows why. Audio

Amelia Nurse talks to two bee scientists about why bee numbers are declining and what can be done. Audio