Category: Talks By Guests

TED Talk by TVBC Guest Dennis vanEngelsdorp

8/28/2017

Dennis vanEngelsdorp: A plea for bees

Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance.

Dennis visited TVBC August 2017

TED Talk by TVBC Guest John Miller

8/26/2013

John Miller: No bees, no food

Commercial beekeeper John Miller has fought to help keep our world's natural pollinators alive. "The link between plants and bees is a seductive life cycle, and for 120 years my family has kept bees," he said, describing what he believes is the best job ever. However, over the last 70 years, America has lost half of its bee colonies due to their inability to find pasture, the increasing harm from pesticide and the viral predator bug, the verroa destructor.

John visited TVBC August 2013

TED Talk by TVBC Guest Marla Spivak

11/26/2012

Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing

Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This is not simply a problem because bees pollinate a third of the world’s crops. Could this incredible species be holding up a mirror for us?

Marla visited TVBC in November 2012

TED Talk by TVBC Guest Dennis vanEngelsdorp

TED Talk by TVBC Guest John Miller

TED Talk by TVBC Guest Marla Spivak

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