- you can add clairvoyance to the list of wendell berry's many talents. eleven years ago, in an essay for "orion magazine," he wrote, "if we make the world too toxic for honeybees, some compound brain, monsanto perhaps, will invent tiny robots that will fly about pollinating flowers and making honey." well, believe it or not, this spring harvard university announced the firsrs successful controlled flight of a robobee. one that could take the place of real bees and natural pollination. it would be funny if it were not so sad. this past winter a third of u.s. honeybee colonies died or disappeared in a phenomenon scientists call colony collapse disorder. more and more, the culprit is believed to be certain pesticides, fungicides and herbicides that may be killing bees or adversely affecting brain and nerve functions. in april, europe announced a ban across the continent to prevent the use of a kind of pesticide known as neonicotinoids. activists in the united states are suing the epa to impose a similar ban. the world would be a lesser place without the hon

. >>> this week on "moyers & company" -- wendell berry, poet and prophet. >> i've been talking for a long time about leadership from the bottom and i'm convinced perfectly that it's happening and that leadership consists of people who simply see something that needs to be done and they start doing it. >> and -- showdown over the shutdown. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation,