that are wild bees?there are two elements to that. the 1970's or 1980's, there's a big feral population. havethe rise of one might imagined you wake up all feral bees. some people argue all bees that survive more than one or two generations have to be managed by humans. so the relationship is much more it became really tight at that point. if they go and make a hive in the way we imagine in our heads and come in and out of nature in the woods, they are not going to survive very long will stop there are a few exceptions like one researcher in washington says he may have found one, but it is very rare. the wild be doesn't exist anymore than the wild cattle does in this country. it is more of a fiction. keepersent of the heaping bees in the city as a solution, i think it's great to keep these. i think we should do that. it raises our attentiveness to bees, but i don't think it's going to save the bees anymore. bees, all of the kind of these you get in those i'm going ton say do my own beekeeping here and ge

pesticides, including those bee keepers use are proving lethal to bees. they are especially deadly when chemicals from different fields combine into a single toxic cocktail. >> we think it's a combination of different elements. it's like heart disease. you can be predisposed, not eat well or exercise well. it's one or a combination of the factor. we think it's these three factors that are predesposing the colonies to die down. >> the die off is a concern to farmers and the food industry as to beekeepers. one in every three bites of food are pol jipated by honey bees. everything from fruit and reg table. honey bees contribute $15 bullion to the u.s. economy. >> they are the third most important livestock. they provide more economic value to the u.s. economy. >> based with a threat to the food supply, the president obama administration invested $50 million. advocates insist consumers and industry can do more. without the produce money bees make possible, it's not just their health at stake, it could be our own >>> a key question raised by the story is what

when we think about bees, most think about honey bees. they are native to the united states, and 20,000 bees around the world, different species. we need to think about all bees, all pollinators. we like food. if we eat food and vegetables, you need to think about where they are coming from. bees are a pol jipator, and economic commodity. >> where they have disappeared, tell me about the people that bring bees in. what is that about? >> there are more bees lying on flat bed trucks than permanent places. thing about bees 20, 30 years ago with the grandparent's generation. it's in the backyard or a farm. we have to move the pol jipators around. almonds, blueberries, cranberries, there's nothing left for the bees to feed op when they fall off. they have to stay on the mood to feed. >> that sounds like a business opportunity, but you say it's not good either. >> it's not good. different bees pollinate different crops in different ways. there's a reliance on bumblebees. different bees pollinate blueberries, cranberries in different ways. farme

being produced about bees. today we will hear about militarization, to asked those questions of how we might know the bees differently by asking different sorts of questions. the broader project. i did not have to really talk about this. i ultimately, honestly in the beginning did not want to write this book. i kept these my whole life. i love keeping bees. the make a very nice site thing. you do your job and come home and take care of bees in a quiet, tranquil, relaxing situation. the encyclopaedia britannica says there are more books written about bees than any other species other than humans. people have been writing about bees for a long time. i love bees, don't get me wrong. i love the sound of the swarm. i love the smell of the hive when it is opened on a warm day. i love the perverse pleasure, after you have been stung enough the vitamin doesn't affect you -- the venom doesn't affect you. i also felt that my inches of other things, were more important than the quotidian beekeeping stuff that was going on

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bees are tying. no one knows why. >> researchers there - something else killed them. [ ♪♪ ] >>> it is a mystery that scientists are frantically trying to solve. bees are dying at an alarming rate. over the last decade beekeepers in the u.s. and europe reported hive losses at 30% a year. many scientists believe they know why, but how to save the bees. at stake is billions word of crops. science it technology correspondent jacob ward has the story. >> if you look down in there, there's nectar and pollen in there. they didn't starve to death. >> research is there. something else killed them. >> reporter: jeff anderson is a third generation beekeeper, trying to recover from the death of 30% of his stock. like hundreds of beekeepers he represents his hives to farmers to pollinate almonds and other crops. he's facing trouble his predecessors couldn't have imagined. with help from fellow beekeepers he's brings the bees he has left into the hills away from agriculture to de-coxify. the frame is full of honey

santorum hucker bee. if there are four people who will put together the votes to win in new hampshire. >> he's obviously appealing to the youth vote. how significant is that in the republican party. >> it's not a tremendous amount. his father got a lot of the united vote. it didn't do it for them. they are the energy and the base for the volunteers. they can be low dollar donors. if they wrote a $25 check today and again and again, it adds up. there's momentum they can pick up for. they come for the election day. they have to reach out older voters to vote republican. >> he talked about building bridges and using the money used abroad. getting away from nation building and talked about foreign policy themes that is not what republicans have been talking about. he did not just talk about them he related them for local issue. for instance we'll pay for bridges with money going do overseas. won't that get him in trouble for that that want to support foreign aid. >> the foreign issue is major. one of the thin

bees are tying. no one knows why. >> researchers there - something else killed them. >> the peninsula, in arabic, is aljazeera. our logo represents courage. fiercely independent quality reporting. >> to take as much aid as possible... >> and standing up for the voiceless. when you see this symbol respected around the world it means you too can now count on all the things we stand for. aljazeera america. [ ♪♪ ] >>> it is a mystery that scientists are frantically trying to solv bees are dying at an alarming rate. over the last decade beekeepers in the u.s. and europe reported hive losses at 30% a year. many scientists believe they know why, but how to save the bees. at stake is billions word of crops. science it technology story. >> if you look down in there, there. they didn't starve to death. >> research is there. something else killed them. >> reporter: jeff anderson is third generation beekeeper, trying to recover from the death of 30% of his stock. like hundreds of beekeepers, he represents his hi

to increase bee forage. and in 2014, bayer crop science opened this $2 million bee care center in north carolina where it conducts workshops and tours environmentalists say these initiatives are a diversion from the real problem, the pesticides these companies manufacture, something fischer rejects. >> bayer has been in the business of providing products to beekeepers for more than twenty years. it's not something we just started doing. >> reporter: beekeepers in europe came out in force a few years ago in support of the european union's partial ban on the use of some neonics and here in the u.s. the environmental protection agency says it will speed up a safety review and likely not allow any new uses of the pesticide. environmental groups are locked in several court battles with the e.p.a. over the registration of the pesticides. manufacturers maintain neonics are vital for increasing crop production and safer than spraying. >> they're extremely valuable. they increase crop yields often by 20% versus the o

bees. >> that is right. which are used to pollinate across the united states were destroyed and bee keepers are now desperate for supplies and equipment to help those surviving bees recuperate. bill weir spoke with some of the beekeepers. >> now you have to get a handful of bees. >> really? >> yeah. >> okay. >> reporter: i'm not in the habit of accepting a handful of zinging insects. but keith council has a 40-year professional relationship with honeybees. >> you you rarely wear a veil or gloves or anything. >> don't need to. >> reporter: and these days they need all of the love they could get. the hurricane arrived just as beekeepers from around the country were set up to catch the autumn bloom of the brazilian pepper tree. >> the whole yard went under. >> reporter: the storm drown and crushed hundreds ever thousands hives, killing countless millions of bees. >> there ain't nothing left. >> reporter: you could see a water line where it came up to here. and because ian blew away so much veck vegetation, thos

in bees and what they do. i always thought it would be a great hobby to have. bees pollinate everything that we eat. you're doing your benefit for mother nature. >> bees do know who their beekeeper is. be kind to them, because they will remember you. >> i came to class today due to my husband passing away five weeks ago. he left me with a beehive. i came to the class to learn about bees and to upkeep the beehive for him. >> let the clover and candy lion grow. don't mow all the time. don't use pesticides unnecessarily. backyard beekeepers are really what's keeping bees alive and growing right now. commercial beekeepers are struggling. i teach beekeeping because i want people to become more connected with the earth. be a steward of the earth in some other way. >> that's beautiful. i'm going to be back in an hour with this -- >> you can fix your own food, you can buy it in the store here and you almost live here as you do outside. >> so he's talking about an island in norway, almost sounding like a resort. but it

these guys rent out these bees to big agricultural growers because bees are essential for everything we eat. these little guys pollenate all the lie quality foods we rely on. the problem is, pesticides causing havoc in bee communities. if you look at this particular frame, this is an example. this came from an almond grow. these guys rent out bees for almond growers and all kinds of growers. when it came back, this is a protective barrier that these bees use to quarantine off whatever they think is a threat to their group. they're seeing this very strange sort of self defense behavior all over the place. because these bee keepers say of a new generation of pesticides put into the very water of the plants. not just sprayed into them but get sucked into the root structure, lasting for generations, multiple crops over the source course of a decade. what these bee keepers want is for the white house to begin to regulate it. they want the white house to protect these bees. bee keepers are lovely people, not particularly organized as a political lobby. they don't wine and dine lawmakers. t

. >> what people expect is a deep understanding on how the bee behaves, how many times each bee leaves the hive and how long they have been out. >> low levels of pesticides will be put into the sugar water, and then separately components of pollution to see if either changes lead to behaviour. >> bees navigate to a source and back. if it's not received by the nervous system, beeses are not doing it efficiently or getting back to the hive. >> wums it's clear what changes behaviour and damaging them, that can be addressed. meanwhile movement patterns can guide the position of hives relative to crops. so a world with fewer bees uses them more efficiently. bees, after all, like being busy. >>> agony for real madrid fans turn to ecstasy at the champion's league final on saturday. their great rivals atletico led 1-0. real went on to score 3 more goals in extra time. this is real's 10th european cup win. leaving you with pictures out of bethlehem. this is in manger square, the birthplace of jesus christ, where pope francis is celebrating mass with thousands of palestine christians. this is hi

reported a 40% dr among their bees.p bees are struggling these days, and as a bee i see it through the eyes of a honeybee and it being really difficult to keep them healthy and thriving. >> here's some honey. >> brangham: across the river at the university of minnesota's bee lab, dr. marla spivak, who's studied bees for or thirty years, says this decline boils down to three things. >> the pesticides, the parasites, and the poor nutrition. humans love to meddle and love to grow different things. and like these plants here and these plants not here. and so all of that affects what's available to bees to support their nutrition.>> rangham: spivak, who received a 2010 macarthur fellowship for her work with bees, says the die off started with the dramatic rise in the use of pescides after world war two. >> the greatest potentiality for ddt lies in dispersal planes. >> brangham: and it's a prlem that continues to worsen today. just this month, the environmental protection agency approved the use of sulfoxaflor, a pesticide th

but some scientific studies show the effect it has on the bees devastating. >> the bees forget where from or where they have to go. they are social insects. they unlearn that under certain circumstances. so in the first instance we see changes of behavior that you see when there are small doses and if it's too much they die. >> reporter: this chemical company has manufactured pesticides for many years. it rejects the suggestion that the pesticide is to blame. it has been labeling some of its products as being safe for bees. they believe declining bee populations may be caused by a mixture of factors. >> some findings which were made on individual bees in the laboratory under artificial conditions have suggested some kind of [ inaudible ] effect. however, these kind of effects were never found under realistic conditions to affect whole bee colonies in the field. >> reporter: some scientists suggest that the bee pollination is worth $12 billion every your. which means a decline in the bee population could have a devastating effect. >>> jon stewart has hosted his final show the daily sh

america's bee population. >> what happened to this bee? >> what happened to this bee? >> scientists aren't sure what >> scientists aren't sure what but beekeepers are reporting but beekeepers are reporting dramatic declines of 65% dramatic declines of 65% this year. this year. >> the losses are astronomical >> the losses are astronomical >> that could have a devistating >> that could have a devistating impact on agriculture. impact on agriculture. but a collection of resarchers but a collection of resarchers are working hard to build a are working hard to build a better bee. better bee. >> i'm just gonna roll my >> i'm just gonna roll my fingers forward... fingers forward... >> using artificial insemination >> using artificial insemination to make strains of bee to make strains of bee populations from across the populations from across the globe, >> i'm trying to enhance what globe, >> i'm trying to enhance what mother nature does mother nature does >> the hope is to find a strain >> the hope is to find a strain that's resistant to whatever is that's resistant to whate

are bees, honeybees and bees just disappearing, there was huge colony die off. >> the bee colonies arew why that is. >> we're not quite sure. we know we are stressing honeybees a lot because the average field of like alfalfa has a billion flowers and these bees have to spend like 60,000 hours a day total time for one life getting the work done of pollinating and making our food. >> how do you tell the bees to do the work. >> you don't have to. >> they just do it. >> they are the hardest working domestic animals. dogs and horses don't do nothing compared to honeybees. and they're just the tip of the pollination identity berg because there are all kinds of species out there that create our foods. and they're essential. >> i'm eating food created by animals. is that hygienic. >> your suit there,. >> cotton. >> it is cotton that, made by bees, bees were involved in every fiber pollinating those cotton plants. >> einstein i think famously said that if bees disappeared, humanity would be dead in four years because we wouldn't have anything to eat. >> the mass agriculture that we need we abso

the bees.e can help provide a solution p that doesnvide further stress to the bee colonies that enhances the foduction capabilities for which they're responsible. t i believe last year they were anywhere from $2$225 a hive. >> brang pm: per hive? hive. >> brangham: almond farmer kevin hebrew was one of dropcopter's first clients. >> it's unorm. i and whike about it is it's hard to judge your bee activity. and with a drone you have a lot more opportunity. >> three, two, one, go. >> brangham: dr. farrell helbling is part of a team at harvard university's wyss institute designing miniature autonomous flying vehicle. they call theirs the robo-bee. >> down at this scale we kind of take inspiration from insects and trying to get this flapping motion that you can see. >> brangham: it's anmazing amount of engineering with something at that scale. >> it's incredible. and you know, everything we do here, we have to come up with how we're going to build it, how we're going to manufacture it, how we're goi

howie: the culture war over rose and samantha bee. roseanne blaming ambien. >> we know what donald trump thinks. we know what roseanne barr thinks. it's time for to us stop playing around with soft words by saying, oh, they are saying i sensitive things. no, it's racist. president trump cannot be blamed for everything wrong with our country. donald trump is also a racist. donald trump's public comment about roseanne barr as racist comments includes no objection to her comments. >> the left takes the idiotic words of one person and blames it on millions. it's about the left expanding the tweet to the president and by connection half of america. howie: are some journalists blaming roseanne barr's comments on the president? and is there a double standard when samantha bee uses the c word to slam ivanka trump. >> we just saw roseanne's show canceled after the comments she made. but samantha bee, apology, no problem. howie: some liberals are defending the comedian. president trump says robert mueller is mid -- mueller is meddling in the mi

on wild bees. over 20,000 species of bees in the world. >> so how concerning is it to you as well as to us how concerned should we be when we see this decline in the bee population and what needs to be done? >> well i think that it's good to focus on all of these different factors that have been in focus, pesticides being one of them and pesticides in general and it's also important to think about how we manage agricultural landscapes and it's not just pesticides but it's also the removal of beneficial habitats important for bees and other bio diversity and it's the disease is the way we take care of honey bees is also important but talking about specifically the neo-nicationids it's important how we use them because bees are insects and if we target one insect we have to make sure that the beneficial insects like bees don't get unacceptably harmed. >> you keep mentioning the pesticides and i suppose it's important we highlight how exactly pesticides are harmful to bees may. >> reporter: in our fie

is samantha bee's language vile? absolutely.case is different because we don't know what happened between her and the tbs executives. but is it vile? howie: i think they are different. samantha bee says put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to change his immigration policy. bill maher joarkd about an incestuous relationship. emily: this is the way a lot of people in the media talk about the relationship between the president and ivanka trump. what samantha bee said went through layers of bureaucracy, it was have much premeditated. and that makes it different as well. howie: joe reid, an msnbc weekend host. she apologized for decade old posts on her blog that were homophobic. now she apologized. she was charging the 9/11 attacks were carried out by the u.s. government. richard: i think the blog post is pretty insane. everybody has a past and everybody's past is murky depending on how you spin it. i think that the rope here is running short and she is running out of rope. howie: on that point, she did apologize o

recently it has begun labeling some products as being safe for bees.lieves declining bee populations may be caused by a mixture of factors notably the vero-mite. >> some findings that are made on individual bees or in the lab under artificial conditions have suggested some of this however, these things were never found under realistic conditions to effect the whole bee colonies in the field. >> reporter: some scientists suggest the honey bees' polinating effect are worth 12 billion euros to the german economy every year and explains why a long-term decline in the bee population could have a devastating effect. dominick cane, al jazeera. >>> if you want to know what wildlife is lurking outside your door then as the saying goes there is an app for that. the map of life is a free application for smartphones and an international collaboration, it took four years to build and jessica baldwin takes a closer look. >> reporter: looking for newts and other pond dwellers but researchers are relying on more than just a net. a smartphone app identifies the bugs al

bees navigate. if that information is not being perceived by the nervous system, then bees are not doing it efficiently. once it's clear what changes the behaviour and what is damning them, that can be addressed. movement patterns guide the positioning of hides relative to crops. a world with fewer bees uses them more efficiently. bees after all like being busy. >>> still to come here at al jazeera - the trade logo on your groceries promises fair wages for all. >>> coming up, why not all employees at certified storms are treated fairly. >>> still to come in sport - n.b.a. champions turn up the heat in game 3 of the conference final vé >>> welcome back. a reminder of the maybe stories. 35 million people are asked to choose the n president of ukraine. pro-russian separatists threatened to block voters in the east. >>> anti-coup protesters in thailand defy a warning. soldiers fought demonstrators as they tried to arrest them. >>> the head of the catholic church called on israelis and palestinians to li

or dead bees, but the insecticide bees leave sick bees inside and the beehive became a pigsty.t up with one of the lead authors of the york university study. >> what we found in her study was that worker bees from exposed colonies die 22% sooner, so that's a very big hit to the colonel any. they also had abnormal foraging behaviors. we found also the colonies had difficulty replacing the queen. so, over time, we had more and more queenless colonies, which unless there is an intervention, the colonies will perish. >> at first blush this seems to put to rest the neo--nic debate. but a european team found bee colonies in germany that thrift even though close to insect tiedside crops. this led researchers to believe there is another factor in play. some bees may be more susceptible to the toxin. but the studies show the effects of the neo--nics are inconsistent. but that study was fund bid beyer which is the maker of neo--nicatinoids. they determine the seed treatments are useful and effective tool for farmers and have no effect on the bees. >> sreenivasan: usually when climate stu

bee soon thereafter offered up her apology on twitter. i would like to sincerely apologize to ivanka trump and my viewers to use an expletive on my show to describe her last night. it was inappropriate and inexcusable. i crossed a line and i deeply regret it. given that the president himself used the "c" word, according to jennifer lynn, where exactly is the line? i want to know what you think. go to my website this hour and answer today's poll question, should samantha bee be fired to referring to ivanka trump as the "c" word? that's posted now at smerconish.com. joining me now to discuss, comedian spierk ferriston, written for "seinfeld," "snl," "late night" for david letterman, was the host of his own program on fox. spike, i should mention you are part of comedic lore because you wrote the soup nazi episode. no matter what you do for the rest of your life, this is your epitaph, my friend. >> and the "c" word isn't in it. so there you go. >> it is not in it. no. although i'm sure you could have worked it in if you had thought of it at

the local bee keeper said these colonies are the cleanest bees in the world. >> 99% of bee keepers inthe world would cry to see bees like this. they'd be envious of the beautiful hives just ticking along. >> it's a crisis. >> andy is producing a range of organic honey products to fund his dream. a pacific bee sanctuary to combat the plaguings of bees. >> you've got to get the right size island. if you go too small, you know, you can't get the scale up. if you go too big, it's too hard to manage with the transport and everything. this is the perfect sized island. >> it is isolated. the nearest country from here is 300 kilometers away which is why a bee sanctuary could work. >> we are isolated. >> the plan is supported, because it's a struggle to make money from agriculture here due to a small workforce and long shipping routes. >> if we need to borrow money to ensure we can accelerate the process, we'll do that. i think on the island, we're talking about the possibilities of becoming venture partners. >> critics say the island is cyclone prone. they fear disease could kill the bees whe

but these bees died opposite any way. and now these bees are entombing it quarantining it. that's a sign of bad health. several researchers blame the rise of a new category of chemicals known as neonicotinoids. it's supposed so protect the seeds that farmers buy and it's taken up by the soil. >> when i think of pesticides, i think about spraying a crop, but you're talking about putting it through the soil. >> these pesticides are applied to the soil and taken up through the root of the plant transporting it to all parts of the plant making it making it toxic for the insects that bite into it. >> chemist susan kagley has studied pesticides for more than 20 years. she said there is no federal research into the effects on bees. >> we haven't seen any indication that the usda or epa is interested in pursuing it. it's almost as if they wish it would go away. >> now the white house has released a national strategy for improving bee health. it calls on the usda and epa to reduce bee death to no more than 15% over ten years. it emphasizes land management. it does call on the epa to

national spelling bee. can add that to the list of annual traditions canceled by the coronavirus. officials announced that they could see no way to safely reschedule this year. scripps says it will not change the eligibility requirements for next year's bee. that means that kids who are in eighth grade now will miss out on competing one last time. joining us are two competitors who had been training for the event. simone caplan was a finalnist last year's bee. hi, simone. >> hi. >> and navneth marali won last year's south asian spelling pbe. >> hello. >> hi. >> what was your reaction when you heard the spelling bee was canceled? >> oh, that was a bad day. i was hurt to put it simply. i've been expecting that even when the bee would return i'd still be eligible. after studying for thousands of hours, i didn't expect that the entire age group would be disqualified. >> navneth, i'm guessing you had frustration about not being able to compete even virtually. we'll talk about in a minute. how did you react when

we can't say for sure what is killing the bees.ng a new review of neonicotinoineonicoti. they tell you, for instance, there are more beehives in america now than there were in the past, which is technically true. but that is only because beekeepers have constantly having to divide they're hides to make up for these huge losses. they tell you bees are flourishing in canola fields but for some reason the neonicotinoid effect isn't as severe. there are certain slightly misleading things the industry is doing and i do feel like there is a concerted effort to make the science more confusing. >> right. >> you can find a study pretty much that says whatever you want on this issue. you can find studies that say that the bees are definitely in danger and you can find often industry-funded studies that say they are not. >> you often chart how integral the bees have been. it was really interesting to read it and you are reporting that the pilgrims were so into bees that they actually boxed them up, took that hard journey over the atlantic and

tony microchips are attached to bees with superglue. >> about a third of the weight that a bee can carryit's not much, just like someone walking with a back pack. as each microchip bee leaves and comes back, it's recorded how long it's been away. over 18 months 10,000 will be chipped and tracked, and the idea is to get broad data on how bees move. bees are tracked in pristine conditions to establish a baseline pattern of behaviour. >> what we expect is a deep understanding on how the bee behaves so we know how many times they leave the hive and how long they've been out. >> reporter: soon low levels of pesticides will be put into the sugar water and separately components of pollution, to see if either changes behaviour. >> bees navigate to a source and back and communicate that information. if it is not perceived by the nervous system, bees are not doing it efficiently or back to the hive. >> once it's clear what is changing the behaviour and dodging them. that can be addressed. movement patterns can be tested. bees like being busy. >>> yemen is getting a lot happier thanks to a viral vi

africanized bees also known as killer bees are the same species as domesticated bees.o africanized bees look different than these? >> no. the only difference is their behavior. >> reporter: they are far more aggressive. >> they will try to sting you, yes. they will even try to sting you through the suit. >> reporter: experts offer a single guideline if you are swarmed by bees. run as fast as you can, as far as you can away from that hive, david. >> all right, matt. thank you. >>> when we come back here, remembering the radio deejay made famous by robin williams in "good morning, vietnam." >>> also, that woman accused of using a baby as a human shield, and you will see the moment police move in. >>> and thousands of fans, why bruce springsteen was on stage with billy joel. they reveal why he was there. sometimes, bipolar i disorder can make you feel unstoppable. ♪ but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by talking to your doctor. ask about vraylar. vraylar is approved for the acute trea

bees that come up in the spring. and so we are here at the airport where we have a little green island. >> vacant land surrounding an airport may seem an unusual option, but seatacs city buffer represents the city's growing demand to find creative conservation solutions in the middle of heavily populated areas. >> we can for the most part control the drones that are in the air, and we can control the colony genetics. we can set up a situation where we can select our very best queens, hopefully they'll mate with our very young drones, and we're creating our own strain of seatac airport bees. >> "techknow" contributor maria is joining us now. when you think of the space there, it makes sense that you would use that green space for something such as bees. is this successful here, are there plans to expand this type of program to other airports around the country? >> definitely. >> seatac is leading the charge as is chicago's o'hare airport. but we're going to see a movement towards airports specifically because you're r

a bee sanctuary he says newway has the perfect climate to breed calm clean bees. >> you've got the right kind of island. if you go too small you can't get the scale up. if you go to large, this is the perfect size island for this project. >> new aim is isolated. the nearest country from here is 300 kilometers away which is why a bee sanctuary could work. >> the leader of newa k due to a small workforce and long shipping routes. >> if we need to borrow money to ensure that in fact we can accelerate the process we'll do that. i think all ways around we're talking to them about the possibilities of becoming joint venture partners. critics say newway is cyclone prone. newway want scientists to come here to experience the buzz for themselves. drew ambrose, al jazeera, newway. >> can you see more on the bees, facts at 2230, for more news go to our website, aljazeera.com. with spectacular landscapes- new zealand is a pristine paradise- ranked the freest country on earth. but this south pacific nation has the second highest imprisonment rate in the western world.

the bee keeper says these are the cleanest bees in the world. >> the 9% of bee keepers in the world would cry to see bees like this. they would be envious of-- envious of hives like this. >> reporter: i'm not going to do that, even with a mask on. that's crazy. >> reporter: andy is producing a range of honey products. mice and diseases are combatting the disease. this is the perfect place to breed bees. >> in you go to small, you know, you can't get the scale up. if you go too pig it's too hard to manage with the transport and everything-- big. >> reporter: the new aim is isolated. the nearest country from here is 300 kilometres away, which is why a bee sank tree could work-- sanctuary. this is supported due to a small workforce and long shipping works. >> if we need to borrow money, we can accelerate the process, we will do that. i think at the moment we are talking to them about the possibilities of become venture partners. >> reporter: critics say that these bees when exported overseas could be a difficulty. people should come hear to see the buzz for themselves >>> you can see more of

either changes bees behavior. >> once it's clear what changes bees behavior and what is damaging them, then that can be addressed. meanwhile, movement pattern can be repositioned so world areas of bees used more efficiently can be moved. >> okay, more buzzing news this time in sports. >> reporter: we'll start with formula one, and niko rossberg has replaced hamilton at the top of the championship standing after winning the monaco grand prix. >> there mat might be mercedes teammates, but rosberg insists they are not friends. the safety car was needed on the he very first lap of supplied's race. his race ended early with engine trouble. again, forcing the safety car out. both mercedes drivers pitted although hamilton felt he should have gone in earlier. the britain had problems with his eye. that allowed rosberg to pull away and rosberg winning his second race of a year denied hamilton a sixth straight victory. the world champion managing to hold off ricardo for second. rosberg replaces hamilton at the top of the driver standings, four points ahead. >> it's a a special day for sure. dro

. >> no roseanne and sam bee are not the same.ne is racism. other is boy talk, right? i mean, are racism and so-called comedy, i guess i should have said to spike, when i listen to samantha bee, it's not clear at that point of her monologue it was comedy. it seemed like a straightforward political argument that threw in a "c" word reference to ivanka to boot. one more quickly, if we can. although i don't agree with what roseanne said, i don't believe the show should have been canceled. our society has become too sensitive. i agree in so far as it's got to be all one way or the other. either we'll let it all happen and stop trying to parse between all these things or not. a buddy of mine, liberal paul said we have double standards of double standards. that's how far gone it is. >>> the jobs report couldn't have been better. unemployment at an historic low, yet many americans have been locked out of the upward mobility enjoyed by previous generations. why is that? >>> would you not go to a doctor or hire an electrician if their poli

the bees died off.tombing this with a protective labour quarantining this, that is a sign of bad health it's a weird signal that has people concerned. >> researchers blamed the rise of a new category of chemmials, neonicotinoids pesticides used to treat the seeds that farmers buy, and taken up by the plant from the soil. susan studied the effect of pesticides for 20 years, saying there's become no federal research into their effects on bees. >> we haven't seen indication that is the u.s.d.a. or e.p.a. is interested in pursuing it. it's almost as if they wish it would go away. >> reporter: the problem is so severe, the white house formed a task force and the e.p.a. won't approve new uses. in an email, a large manufacturer of neomix argued that a lack of naturally occurring pests, and rigors of being taken from crop to crop could be a factor. restrictions on its use may result in the application of greater amounts of elder brode spectrum pesticides that are more harmful to bees. with no idea on how to kee

which means, the decline in bee population could have a devastating effect. dominic cain, al jazeera,ing dusseldorf. >> devastating indeed. all these stories can be found on our address, aljazeera.com, you can see it on our screens right now. our top story, those attacks in kabul on friday, at least 40 dead. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded by raising taxes and the retirement age, it's even pushing for a

-- insect, the hupy bee. bees poll jipate a third of the world's crops. they have been dying off in record numbers. according to the u.s. department of agriculture. 30% of honey bees have died. while the population decline has been going on for some time, 42% more bees died last year than the previous year. sin tists here have been -- scientists here have been working to develop a honey bee. scientists want them to focus on developing bees. harvard says artificial pollination is two decades away. and robo bees are not a solution. scientists point to pesticides as a culprit. >> a lot of research point to pesticides. >> we are standing outside the came brig headquarters of the mon santo corporation. they are one of the world's developers of neo-nikkei tan i had pesticides that are devastating our hives and bees and much of our eco system. >> mon santo says these products have been determined to be safe for the approved intended use. harvard's lead scientist is a defense advance process. and received funding. ha

but some scientific studies suggest the effect it has on the bees, is devastating. >> the bees the effort where they come from or where they have to go, they are social insect whose have ensure that they are able to return to their population to the hive to be accurate, they unlearn that under certain circumstances so in the first instance we see changes of behavior. and ifs to much, they die. >> the chemical firm bia has manufactured pesticides and fungus sides for many years. it rejects the suggestion that they are to blame for falling bee numbers. recently, it is begun labeling sol of the products containing as being safe for bees. bio believes declining bee populations may be caused by a mixture of factors, notably, the veromite. >> some finds which are made on individual bees or the laboratory and the artificial conditions have suggested some kind of effects, however, these kind of effects were never found under realistic conditions to effect whole bee colonies in the field. some suggest the effect is worth more than 12 billion euros to the everyone economy every year. which explains

a pacific bee sank tree to come back deceases and mice playing the world's bees. he says this is the perfect climate to calm queen bees all the year around. >> you've got to get the right sized island. if you go too small, you can't get the scale up. if you go too big, it's too hard to manage with the transport and everything. this is the perfect sized size. >> reporter: the nearest country from here is 300 kilometres away, which is why a bee sank tree could work. the leader of newway supports the plan because it's a struggle to make money from ago angry culture here due to a small workforce and long shipping routes. >> if we need to borrow money for the process, we will. we're talking about the possibilities of becoming joint venture parts. >> reporter: critics say newway is cyclone prone and says the bees can be killed when expiffard overseas, but the company want scientists to come here to experience the buzz for themselves >>> remember you can keep right up-to-date on the al jazeera website. cascadia. a gentle name but an impending threat. scientists chart a f

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what samantha bee did.need to get their own acts together and treating people with respect. and not try to look for that validation that the president is going to come in and give some kind of moral clarity that's going to magically bring everybody together. the job of presidency is create opportunities to lift everybody um. >> conservatives have talked about the course of the culture for a long time. everybody is in their tribe or political camp and they see it through the lens of their politics and they excuse what samantha bee said or they attack roseanne or excuse roseanne and attack samantha bee. >> tribablism is natural. this is unnatural that we are having this conversation in the context of presidency. a tweet would conflate and so many things together. this is not normal and i think -- we have to resist thinking that this is normal to talk about a president of the united states of america and his tweets about to comedians. that's not normal. >> he talked about ratings for both of them. you have to