The Threat to Bees and Our Food Supply

The European honey bees are crucial to our food systems, but they may soon be under threat from a microscopic pest. So what exactly is this threat? To learn more about other types of bees, make sure to check out the documentary, “My Garden of a Thousand Bees,“ streaming now on @naturepbs » Subscribe to Seeker! (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select “all.“) » Watch more Elements! » Visit our shop at It’s no secret, bees are super important. And it’s not just for food sources; bees also keep the health of wild ecosystems in check by pollinating wildflowers, which in turn maintains biodiversity and a thriving terrestrial biomes. And while all bee species are helpful pollinators, honey bees are CRUCIAL to our own food supply, pollinating close to 90 commercially grown crops in the U.S. But bee populations have been under extreme s