WEBVTT 00:03.600 --> 00:09.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AND THE BIRTH OF THE 00:00.000 --> 00:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. 00:00.000 --> 00:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HONEYBEE POPULATIONS HAVE HAD A 00:00.000 --> 00:14.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HARD GO OF IT A NUMBER OF 00:00.000 --> 00:17.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FACTORS HAVE CAUSED BEES TO DIE 00:00.000 --> 00:18.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% OFF IN GREAT NUMBERS. 00:00.000 --> 00:20.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IT IS TROUBLING DIFFERENCE BEES 00:00.000 --> 00:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% POLLENATE ONE-THIRD OF THE 00:00.000 --> 00:23.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PLANTS PART OF THE HUMAN FOOD 00:00.000 --> 00:25.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SUPPLY AND ONE OF THE PERILS 00:00.000 --> 00:27.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEES FACE HAS BEEN CAUSING DIE 00:00.000 --> 00:30.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OFFS FOR DECADES BUT REPORTS SAY 00:00.000 --> 00:32.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HUMANS ARE MAKING IT WORSE. 00:00.000 --> 00:40.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EDDIE ARRUZA TELLS US HOW LOCAL 00:00.000 --> 00:41.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEEKEEPERS ARE TRYING TO GUARD 00:00.000 --> 00:42.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% AGAINST IT. 00:00.000 --> 00:43.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EDDIE ARRUZA: DURING THE WINTER 00:00.000 --> 00:44.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MONTHS, THE DOZEN BEEHIVES ON 00:00.000 --> 00:44.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE ROOF OF THE PEGGY NOTEBAERT 00:00.000 --> 00:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NATURE MUSEUM ARE SEALED OFF FOR 00:00.000 --> 00:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% THE SEASON. 00:00.000 --> 00:48.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INSIDE, HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL 00:00.000 --> 00:50.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% FULL OF LIFE. 00:00.000 --> 00:52.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AS 00:00.000 --> 00:53.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% SPRING SNEAKS BACK IN TO 00:00.000 --> 00:55.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CHICAGO, THE HIVES WILL ONCE 00:00.000 --> 00:56.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AGAIN BE ALL ABUZZ. 00:00.000 --> 00:57.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BUT BEFORE THE MUSEUM'S 00:00.000 --> 01:05.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% APIARISTS START TO COLLECT HONEY 00:00.000 --> 01:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS 00:00.000 --> 01:07.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% OF THE VARROA MITE. 00:00.000 --> 01:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% VARROA MITES POPULATION BUILD UP 00:00.000 --> 01:10.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND IF 00:00.000 --> 01:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEEKEEPERS AREN'T DILIGENT ... 00:00.000 --> 01:12.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ARRUZA: AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE 00:00.000 --> 01:14.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DEAD BEES AROUND THE MUSEUM'S 00:00.000 --> 01:16.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HIVES ARE PART OF THE NATURAL 00:00.000 --> 01:17.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% ATTRITION THAT HAPPENS 00:00.000 --> 01:18.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CONTINUOUSLY IN EVERY BEE 00:00.000 --> 01:19.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COLONY. BUT A CLOSE LOOK AT THE 00:00.000 --> 01:22.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BEES IS REQUIRED TO SEE IF 00:00.000 --> 01:24.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY'VE BECOME VICTIMS OF THE 00:00.000 --> 01:26.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% VARROA MITE. 00:00.000 --> 01:28.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE TINY MITE IS THE VAMPIRE OF 00:00.000 --> 01:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE HONEYBEE WORLD. THE 00:00.000 --> 01:32.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% REDDISH-BROWN, CRAB-LOOKING 00:00.000 --> 01:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PARASITES ATTACH TO BEES AND 00:00.000 --> 01:35.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEIR LARVAE SUCKING THEIR 00:00.000 --> 01:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% EQUIVALENT OF BLOOD AND 00:00.000 --> 01:37.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INFECTING THEM WITH SEVERAL 00:00.000 --> 01:43.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% POTENTIALLY FATAL VIRUSES, THE 00:00.000 --> 01:44.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MOST WORRISOME OF WHICH IS 00:00.000 --> 01:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% DEFORMED WING VIRUS. 00:00.000 --> 01:46.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DEFORMITIES. THEY CAN'T FLY, 00:00.000 --> 01:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY GET KICKED OUT OF THE HIVE 00:00.000 --> 01:47.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND THEY DIE SHORTLY AFTER. 00:00.000 --> 01:48.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARRUZA: IF THE DISEASE BECOMES 00:00.000 --> 01:49.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WIDESPREAD IN A COLONY, THE 00:00.000 --> 01:52.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IMPLICATIONS ARE ENORMOUS FOR 00:00.000 --> 01:54.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS WHO 00:00.000 --> 01:57.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CULTIVATE BEES FOR POLLINATION. 00:00.000 --> 01:59.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% OVER THE LAST DECADE, 00:00.000 --> 02:00.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-THIRD OF 00:00.000 --> 02:00.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COLONIES IN MANY U.S. BEEKEPING 00:00.000 --> 02:11.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OPERATIONS HAVE DIED OFF, MANY SCIENTISTS SAYING THE VARROA MITE HAS BEEN THE MAJOR FACTOR. 02:16.266 --> 02:23.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% NOW THE VARROMITE MITE WAS A 00:00.000 --> 02:26.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PARASITE OF THE ASIAN HONEYBEE 00:00.000 --> 02:28.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND OVER TIME WHEN THE WESTERN 00:00.000 --> 02:31.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HONEYBEE THAT WE KEEP AT THE 00:00.000 --> 02:32.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MUSEUM, WAS TRANSPORTED INTO 00:00.000 --> 02:33.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ASIA, THIS MITE JUMPED FROM THE 00:00.000 --> 02:38.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ASIAN HONEYBEE TO THE WESTERN 00:00.000 --> 02:40.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% HONEYBEE. 00:00.000 --> 02:42.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE ASH THAN HONEYBEE WAS ABLE 00:00.000 --> 02:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TO DEFEND AGAINST IT. 00:00.000 --> 02:46.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT THE MITE IS ABLE TO ATTACK 00:00.000 --> 02:49.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IT. 00:00.000 --> 02:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> IN THE LOGAN SQUARE 00:00.000 --> 02:52.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% NEIGHBORHOOD A BEEKEEPING 00:00.000 --> 02:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COLLECTION MAINTAINS HIVES ON 00:00.000 --> 02:55.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE ROOF OF A LANDSCAPING 00:00.000 --> 03:05.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% BUSINESS. 00:00.000 --> 03:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY, TOO, HAVE EXPERIENCED THE 00:00.000 --> 03:09.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% VARROMITE MITE. 00:00.000 --> 03:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> BUT THE BITE AND DISEASES 00:00.000 --> 03:12.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WERE UNSEEN IN WESTERN HONEYBEES 00:00.000 --> 03:14.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% UNTIL THE MID-1980s. 00:00.000 --> 03:16.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WHEN BEES STARTED BEING 00:00.000 --> 03:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES 00:00.000 --> 03:21.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FROM PLACES LIKE AUSTRALIA WHICH 00:00.000 --> 03:23.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AT THAT TIME DID NOT HAVE 00:00.000 --> 03:25.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% VARROMITE BUT THEY HAD NO 00:00.000 --> 03:29.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% DEFENSE EITHER. 00:00.000 --> 03:31.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO THE CIRCLE OF REPLACING BEES 00:00.000 --> 03:33.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EVERY YEAR BEGAN TO BE STARTED. 00:00.000 --> 03:36.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND EXACERBATED BY THE NEED FOR 00:00.000 --> 03:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS TO TRAVEL 00:00.000 --> 03:41.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PROVIDING 00:00.000 --> 03:43.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% POLLINATION SERVICES. 00:00.000 --> 03:45.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THE SEARCH FOR A WAYER TO RAD 00:00.000 --> 03:48.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INDICATE THE VARROMITE NEED TO 00:00.000 --> 03:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% BE APPLIED CAREFULLY. 00:00.000 --> 03:53.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ONE EFFECTIVE AND UNUSUAL METHOD 00:00.000 --> 03:56.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF RIDDING MITES FROM HIVES IS 00:00.000 --> 03:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COAT BEES IN POWDERED SUGAR. 00:00.000 --> 04:00.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT CAUSES THE HONEYBEES TO GROOM 00:00.000 --> 04:02.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND WHEN THEY DO THEY PICKOFF 00:00.000 --> 04:05.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE MITES AND DROP OFF. 00:00.000 --> 04:06.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> BUT THE METHOD IS LABOR 00:00.000 --> 04:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INTENSIVE AND NOT USEFUL IN 00:00.000 --> 04:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS. 00:00.000 --> 04:12.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ANOTHER APPROACH IS GENETIC 00:00.000 --> 04:16.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BREEDING TO PRODUCE BEES THAT 00:00.000 --> 04:18.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CAN RID THEMSELVES OF THE MITE. 00:00.000 --> 04:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> IT MEANS THAT THE BEES CAN 00:00.000 --> 04:22.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DETECT THE VARROMITE IN THE 00:00.000 --> 04:24.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LARVAE OF A HIVE AND REMOVE THAT 00:00.000 --> 04:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BEFORE THE VARROMITE ARE MATURE 00:00.000 --> 04:29.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% AND CAN DO DAMAGE. 00:00.000 --> 04:31.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> GREG HUNT IS ONE OF THE 00:00.000 --> 04:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LEADING EXPERTS IN DEVELOPING 00:00.000 --> 04:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% VARROMITE FIGHTING BEES. 00:00.000 --> 04:36.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ONE OF THE BREAKTHROUGHS IS A 00:00.000 --> 04:39.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BEE THAT CHEWS THE LEG OFF OF 00:00.000 --> 04:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% MITES. 00:00.000 --> 04:42.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE BEES HAVE TWICE THE SURVIVAL 00:00.000 --> 04:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RATE OF THE NON-BITING VARIETY. 00:00.000 --> 04:47.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT THE VARROMITE IS NOT THE 00:00.000 --> 04:51.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ONLY DANGER AFFECTING HONEYBEES. 00:00.000 --> 04:54.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER 00:00.000 --> 04:54.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RESULTED IN 10 MILLION HIVES 00:00.000 --> 04:57.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LOST NEARLY TWICE THE NORMAL 00:00.000 --> 04:58.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% AMOUNT. 00:00.000 --> 05:03.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IT'S BLAMED ON FACTORS SOME 00:00.000 --> 05:08.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% UNKNOWN. 00:00.000 --> 05:09.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT BEE ENTHUSIASTICKISTS REMAIN 00:00.000 --> 05:11.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% OPTIMISTIC. 00:00.000 --> 05:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I HAVE HIGH HOPES BECAUSE 00:00.000 --> 05:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THERE IS A LOT OF BREEDING 00:00.000 --> 05:18.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PROGRAMS AND SMART PEOPLE 00:00.000 --> 05:20.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INVOLVED AND I HOPE THAT IT CAN 00:00.000 --> 05:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% START COMBATING VARROMITE AND 00:00.000 --> 05:23.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DEFORMED WING AND COLONY 00:00.000 --> 05:24.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% COLLAPSE. 00:00.000 --> 05:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> IN THE MEANTIME CHICAGO'S 00:00.000 --> 05:29.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS ARE 00:00.000 --> 05:31.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THRIVING AND PLENTY OF EVIDENCE 00:00.000 --> 05:35.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR THAT IN THE LOCAL HONEY 00:00.000 --> 05:38.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% FOUND IN STORES. 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MUSEUM BEES ARE REPRESENTED