Boulder County has a bee story unlike almost anywhere else in Colorado. More than a century ago, the region was known for commercial honey production and a growing network of serious beekeepers. Today, Boulder County is equally remarkable for something very different: an extraordinary diversity of wild bees. From the agricultural fields of the eastern […]

About 10 years ago, bees all over the US started dying off in droves and no one could figure out why. The blight kept spreading and the mystery deepened, getting lots of media attention and an apocalyptic-sounding name: Colony Collapse Disorder. Farmers, understandably, panicked. Without bees to pollinate their crops, production would be decimated—from blueberries […]