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Bee Health in West Texas

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Wilborn Elliot inside his honeyhouse, Marfa, Texas. Photo by Lorne Matalon

Bees are dying off around the world, in a phenomenon that has been named "Colony Collapse Disorder." The United States and Great Britain lost a third of their bees last year.  Healthy bees are crucial to the world’s food supply. West Texas bee-keepers are working with researchers in the East to diagnose the cause and save bees from outright collapse. Lorne Matalon reports.