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Trouble. apples, avocados, asparagus, those are just the as. >> without bees what happens? >> without bees there's a lot of pressure on these crops and farmers are going to have to find, you know, if you imagine as we say on our cover line, a world without bees, farmers will have to imagine different ways to pollinate these crops. it's a huge challenge. let alone as we saw for the bee keepers who are also going out of business. >> how significantly a rate are they dying off? >> so there's good news and bad news. i'll start with the bad news. bad news, last winter, for example, one third of the...

>> that was a scene from the 1997 movie "ulee's gold." it's been a tough profession. honey bees dying over the past few years and as anne thompson explains we don't exactly know why. >> hey, gary. denise, how are you? >> reporter: denise is a match maker, hooking up farmers and bee keepers so honey bees can pollinate $15 billion in crops that make up one third of the american diet. this year was almost a natural disaster. >> reporter: because the bee die off, what some call colony collapse disorder appeared to accelerate. >> this year it seemed like it got the whole nation. >> reporter: brett ...

Information about what sound like a small thing but a frightening problem affecting a vital component of america's multibillion-dollar produce industry. for years honeybees have been dying off in this country in very large numbers. now an epa investigation could should new light on the possible source of the problem. harris faulkner has it for us. >> reporter: i'm literally on bee alert today. people may not realize how serious this is. the epa and commercial bee keepers are pointing a finger at super powerful pesticides to keep away unwanted insects. they are thinking the bees are getting sic...

>> brian: a teacher assigned to a rubbber room treming life rubber room . he was pulled from the classroom for a bogus reasonn . he's steaming a video of how he's doing nothing but collecting $75,000 a year. no comment from the department of education . that's got to stop. honey is not supposed to be green or blue. thos what is happening in france and bee keepers believe they are eating resdue from a nearby m &m plant. that makes blue or green candy. >> steve: they melt in the hive. thank you, brian.

One 5-4 in extras. rockies taking on the d'backs in coors field. play interrupted as thousands of bees swarmed in. came down on a camera bay next to the dugout. wow. the game had to be stopped in the fifth inning while the situation was resolved. eventually the bees were contained -- did the bee keepers come out with the suits and the honey and everything? how did they contain this thing? anyway, oh, my gosh. oh, they blew them off with a leave blower. interesting tactic. the game did continue eventually after they painstakingly blew -- what about that guy just with the short sleeves in the mi...