# Why bees are disappearing

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Marla Spivak
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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?

## Lectures

1. [Why bees are disappearing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing/7ad35246e847), 16 min (TED's player)