Bee Numbers Plummet as Billions of Colonies Die Across the World

The crisis in worldwide bee populations, called Colony Collapse Disorder, has been recognized since 2006. Three million bee colonies in America, and billions of bees worldwide, have died during that span. Scientists now expect a full third of the bee population to die each winter. The ramifications for agriculture and food production, should bees become extinct, is profound. Bees are responsible for pollinating most of the world's crops and if they were to perish so too would much of the foods that are commonly grown and raised today.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1270698/Bees-face-extinction-billions-colonies-die-worldwide.html

The USDA's Top Bee Scientist Talks Pesticides and Colony Collapse 
http://www.grist.org/industrial-agriculture/2011-04-21-usda-bee-scientist-pesticide-research-pettis

Bees 'Entomb' Pesticide-tainted Pollen in Effort to Protect Themselves From Extinction
http://www.naturalnews.com/032057_honey_bees_pollen.html