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

bee population of nearly 500,000. any significant loss in the bee population can have serious consequences to humans. they play a crucial war in plant life. if the bee goes, our food supply will be under serious threat. >> it's like removing a brick from the bottom of a wall. the wall might still stand, but it won't be as stable as before. >> the instability of the local climate is having an effect in april when the real spring arrives they should know just how serious the problem is. al jazeera. >> now get a load of this. new york's new mayor just made his first faux pas in office. see if you can guess what it was. >> yes, that's the mayor of new york eating his pizza with a fork. as many of you know that's a big no, no for new yorkers. after citizens expressed mock outrage online. the italian-american mayor said he said he eats pizza with his fork instead of his hands. for more news updates throughout the day you can always head out to al jazeera.com. thank you so much for watching.

. >> 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

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

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

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

coming up on al-jazeera, details on a so-called bee sperm bank that promises to keep the bee populationp. and the college football season kicked off last night. michael lees will have a preview of the season with a full slate of games on the docket for saturday. . can you say stocktopussy? components of the aljazz mission. >> there's more to america, more stories, more voices, more points of view. now there's are news channel with more of what americans want to know. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >>> you know, they may be tiny, but they have a huge impact on the food we eat, and the world we live in. honeybees are a critical link in the food chain, but the bee population is shrinking at an alarming rate. and scientists have been scrambling to keep the numbers up. allen schauffler has more from washington state. >> yes, you can. >> one drone produces one microlevel of semen. >> with the right tools and expertise, which this student has. >> the tip is about 60-microns in diamete

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

the world of bees that haven't even come up yet.ljazeera, washington. >> in california, who i was pollinate almonds, a crop worth more than $4 billion a year. >> that will do it for this edition of the news. remember, news at the top of every hour and always on line at aljazeera.com. thanks so much for watching. have a great morning. the young folks. >> what are the laws going to begin to take effect? >> reporter: the laws do not go

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

bees. his company, "bee raw honey", works with beekeepers all across the country. >> but, you know, the reality is, is that bees pollinate over 100 different fruits and vegetables. we're talking about strawberries, broccoli, apples, melons, pumpkins -- i mean, really basic fruits and vegetables that we eat every day. >> that's why what's happening in the bee world is causing alarm in the human world. bees are dying in droves and disappearing from hives. it's called "colony collapse disorder", or ccd. >> colony collapse disorder has affected over 10 million hives -- in fact, killed 10 million hives over the past six years. >> no one knows why this is happening. there are many theories. it could be a virus, or tiny insects called mites that attack the bees, or the problem may be man-made. >> we have pesticides that are put on everything, you know, from fruits and vegetables, beans, corn, soy, and bees fly around and they collect pollen and nectar from these plants, and, you know, those pestic

whatever the reason for honey bee deaths, consequences are worrying scientists. >> if we lose bees we lose a significant part of our food supply. that is it. without bees we don't get fruit or a lot of animals dependent on pollination. >> europe panned nicotine-based pesticides. there are calls for canada to do the same until more research is done. >> these bee colonies look healthy, but bee keepers are wondering about the future of the industry. economically small, but vitally important in pollinating many crops we rely on. . >>> all right, college football. darren is here, interesting rivalry games. >> that is true. before last year's ohio state michigan game the coach said records don't matter, it's a rivalry. >> what about ohio versus the buck guys. they struggled against the boilermakers losing two out of four games. irving myer is 20 and 0, not losing a game in 345 months. things go down him. look at this. danny ebling's pass intercepted. the buck guys up 7-0. look at the second play. braxton miller to jeff hireman. defense is mia. 40 yard touch done. 233 passing yard. 56-0 ball

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

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

saving the honey bee. how a bee keeper on a tiny south pacific island is trying to aid the threatened and vital species. good evening. thissa al jazeera america. a fight by i.s.i.l. on new and old fronts. a pair of bombs went off dodd. 4 # people killed and many other injuries in a neighborhood that has long been a hess strong strolled. in northern iraq the u.s. led coalition has launched air strikes in i.s.i.l. positions in sinjar. forces are preparing to retake a city that has been held by i.s.i.l. since last year. john cary says the country is committed. from buy route on friday, lebanon will observe a national day of mourning for those killed in the twin bomb attacks. >> reporter: a popular marketplace became a scene of carnage. some were killed and injured and the ones that were targeted. this is a mainly shia neighborhood. the movement lived. suicide bombers who arrived on motorcycles debt onnatured their bombs minutes apart. it went off right outside an shia shrine. >> translation: a large number of

bees are very i important. if we did not have bees, we would _ important.we would not be here. they pollinate flowers, vegetables. this is a very important — flowers, vegetables. this is a very important little creature. that, to my eyes, is an excellent frame of honey. how did they put the wax in there? well, they get all their wax from the abdomen and they coat it over there. the biggest advantage of locally—grown food is that it cuts down on food miles. that is where the lorries are using the fuel polluting the atmosphere. i would say to these people at cop26, can you please address the situation with pesticides and insecticides? there is far too much being used. the effect it has on bees is that much is that they cannot find their way home. and of course, we just lose the insect population which is a tragedy. we have lovely bees. ifeel like i am kind of a bee with them. what you think about that? yummy honey! he chuckles. hello. all parts mild to very mild but big variations in the rain totals. wettest out there across north—west scotland, plenty of clo

though it's been suggested the stingless bees from brazil be named annika bees. >> >>> nearly year andto the pandemic bars and restaurants are finding ways to take outdoor dining to new heights. here's c bs's wendy gillette. >> reporter: at the electric moon lounge in georgia you can take a slide with sliders and a cocktail in a playful cup to forget about covid and still social distancing it is one of two roof top bars open during the pandemic at the marriott and the other at the more upscale rose in savannah river front district. bringing more energy. there are now ten roof top bars in savannah growing in popularity during covid. moring console found 75% of american adults feel comfortable dining outside versus inside. more roof top spaces opened during the pandemic this chicago, including at the new pendry hotel and then there's roof top at the 11th floor of the nobu hotel which opened last july and offers expansive views of downtown chicago. it joins favorites like the up room of the 13th hotel and off shore at navy pier largest roof top in the country. >> we like to be elevated. >

. >> i'm daniel in canada, and i'll be reporting on a new and growing trick to bee keeping of all beesn this part of the country. ♪ >> the pakistani taliban has named it's new leader just hours after a drone strike killed it's former spanner. he is khan said. he takes over by the previous leader who was wanted by the united states. >>> the taliban are vowing a wave of suicide bombs in revenge of its leaders. we will be live in islamabad with more on that, but first this report. masood had just finished with meetings when his compound was hit by a drone. the united states had been looking for masood for years. he posed with a jordanian suicide-bomber, now they have got their man. >> he was a man of great strategic military and tractcal skills. we don't want to romancize what he did. he was a formidableed adversa. they will not be pleased that he was killed by a drone strike. >> they could moderate their position now that masood is dead. >> he was one of those in the group who really pushed for an aggressive violence campaign to the chagrin of some people in the pakistani taliban. >> rep

help be-friend the bees. be right back. >> as we've reported, when it comes to pollinating fruits and vegetables, bees are the a-team. without them, we'd have a lot fewer foods to eat. bees also give us honey, which many say can be a healthier alternative to processed sugar. >> we have to remember that it's still a sugar, so we don't want to go crazy with it. >> since honey is sweeter than sugar, you can use less of it. and if you think all honey tastes the same, you're in for a surprise. zeke explains that honey can be varietal. that means there's different varieties, depending on where >> single varietal honeys are honeys that come from a specific floral source, whether it be wild raspberries or wild blueberries, buckwheat, wild sage, orange blossoms. and honey from that floral color, a particular texture, and a very particular flavor. so, you have a honey from new york, from an aster flower, and you'll see that it's very clear and amber-colored. and, so, this is buckwheat honey. it comes from washington st

and not just a few bees, but thousands of bees. >> i never knew that there could be this many bees in one place. 80,000 bees -- that's a lot of bees. >> it is, but our country needs a lot more. in recent years, bees have been dying by the millions. scientists call it "ccd" -- colony collapse disorder. so all over america, people are helping honey bees build hives to survive. >> that's a good one. >> oh, yeah, that's a good one. that's the best one, i think, today. >> that is. >> yeah. >> bees are important. one-third of all our crops depends on bees. without their pollination, we'll have a lot fewer fruits, vegetables, and flowers. that's why these student beekeepers are working hard toen ensure their bees thrive. >> when i come up here, i usually refresh the water, and i'll open up one hive that hasn't been looked at in maybe like three days and just check it out and see if everything's going well. >> the students also pay particular attention to the honeycombs. these hexagonal structures are where bees store their honey. >> in the winter time, they save up their honey so they don't

the future of bees industry is bleak. >> reporter: this area is a paradise for bees.e huge amount of plant diversity. a third generation beekeeper he's known for the quality of honeybees he raises to other bee keepers but he's finding far too many of his charges devastated and dying. >> they're just sitting on plant leaves, hundreds of bees, running in the grass not coming home, twitching, spasming in front of the hive. a good percentage of the population of the colonies have disappeared. >> reporter: bee keepers across central canada report similar losses. dead bees, moldering hives. many blame a pesticide used on corn based on nicotine. but manufacturers say its safe and the bees deaths are caused by other factors. honeybees protect each other from disease that means less immunity to pair sites or other insects. >> bee keeping as an industry is becoming more and more expensive to keep honeybees. eventually we're going to reach a threshold where it's not going to be worth it to maintain a colony only to see 40% of the colonies die every year. >> bees do more than jus

(bees buzzing) what? the lion is running from bees? see? bees are tougher! whew! a swarm of bees. that gives the african honeybee a bonus point on the tough-o-meter, and one up on the lion! and gourmand just got one over on us! you know, for a fry cook, he's got some skill in the wild. yeah, we got to figure out a plan to find that mystery animal before he does. chris, look at this little bird! are you trying to get my attention? chris, i think she's trying to tell us something! uh, martin, we're on a creature rescue. we don't have time right now to talk to an 8-inch-tall, brownish, white-bellied, curve-billed bird doing a special song-and-dance display. wait a second! that's a-- honey guide! she wants to tell us where the honey is. you guys should have eaten more breakfast. i didn't even have any yet! that's why you're saying strange things! why would a bird be telling you where the honey is? she is, because she's a honey guide. yeah, a honey guide finds a beehive full of honey. then, she finds an animal that can smash into it. like a human. or a honey badger! ho

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

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

these bee colonies look healthy. after years of die-offs, bee keepers are wondering about the future of their industry - economically small, vitally important in pollinating many from the we rely on. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. we have a look at your top stories - terminal 3 at los angeles international airport was reopened. a gunman opened fire inside the terminal killing tsa agent gerardo i. hernandez, and wounding several others, and shutting down operations at lax. police identified the suspect as 23-year-old paul ciancia. >> pakistan summoned the american ambassador after a drone strike killed a top taliban leader, hakimullah mehsud and three others were kill. he was suspected of planning an attack that killed seven c.i.a. workers at a u.s. base in afghanistan. pakistanis worry the strike could hurt peace talks. >> the pakistani taliban named khan said as its new leader, and he is promising revenge. we have this report. >> this is the taliban new leader, khan said. he is in his mid 30s. he was appoin

aunt bee! now, you... aunt bee, you... hi, clara! all ready, bee? in a minute. hi, ferdie. hi. andy, you know my nephew the accordion player? are you taking ferdie? yes. we thought it best to take our own accompaniment. now, look... shall we go, bee? we won't be long, andy. has ferdie practiced the song? oh, yes! now, remember, ferdie, on the last eight bars, you play real loud okay. shall we? we won't be long, andy. bye. see ya. i'll see you, ferdie. let's see, now... oh, yeah. the studio in raleigh is okay. i checked it on the way down. how's the mail? all right, i guess. you know, same as usual. ( knock at door ) i'll get it. we'd like to see mr. hazelton. are you auditioning a trio? hi. oh, hi. this is my nephew ferdie. hi, there. my manager, bill stone. hi. well, we came to talk about our song. we don't feel you heard it to its best advantage last night. oh, i heard it, all right. oh, no, you had your eyes closed. well, a lot of times i listen with my eyes closed but i thought it was fine... real fine. you did? well, maybe you'd like to sing it on your tv show. uh, on my s

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

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if the bees die, we die. there's 7.1 million people on the planet. it the bees go, how will we ate.have no fruit. >> reese halter is a conservation biologist and the author of "honey bee", great to have you on the program. we should talk about this next. >> your basketball knowledge and a lot of luck could win you $1 billion from billionaire warren buffet. all you have to do is pick a perfect march madness bracket. the winners of all 67 games. the odds of doing that is 1:9 quinn tillion. warren buffet is teaming up with quick loans. if more than one person gets a perfect bracket they'll split a billion dollars. >> this is a picture that caught our tanks. people in the middle of a storm waiting for a bus. the image is from philadelphia. it's been played out all over the country, especially the east coast or this afternoon. that's the news this hour. headlines after this. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler and here is a look at the top story. >> tonight, a powerful winter storm 1,000 miles wide is making life miserable for millions of americans. this is the white