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# The Pollination Economy: Inside America's Bee Crisis
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/human-footprint/extras/the-pollination-economy-inside-americas-bee-crisis-wgbigr/
- Published: 2025-07-08T16:31:01.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T18:48:17.000Z
- Description: Shane meets the beekeepers and scientists racing to save America's pollination workforce.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Human Footprint, #ZZZ_Show_920c28e7-cc8d-4bd4-a6a1-1d54d80cf6c8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_67fc6a78-31e1-4dca-86eb-0d5c104cc67a, #extra

From billion-dollar almond orchards to parasite-fighting labs, Shane dives into the hidden costs of industrial pollination. Commercial beekeeper John Miller and scientist Dr. Sammy Ramsey reveal how honey bees became essential to our food system — and how diseases, parasites, and stress are pushing them to the brink. Can we save the bees before the next pollinator pandemic hits?