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🕑 Added 2022-06-21 04:06:13 +0000 UTCSome videos almost produce themselves, others take months to get anywhere near production. The next one that's coming up is in the latter category.
I mean to make a video about biodiversity to accompany the UN conference on the topic that was supposed to take place in April. Alas, the conference was postponed due to COVID and also, the topic turned out to be too broad to reasonably fit into 15 minutes.
So we decided to look at bees in particular. Do you remember the headlines saying that the bees were going extinct? Seems like that didn't happen. But just what happened, what's the situation, and how bad is it? We go through it on Saturday.
Also, I have to warn you that I recorded this video when I was recovering from my cold, and my voice sounds a little funny.
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My definition of "general public" is just "everybody except experts in the field" of whatever topic the article is about. This makes you and me both general public here.
Rad Antonov
A bit off topic, but still an interesting take on biodiversity: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sean-carrolls-mindscape-science-society-philosophy/id1406534739?i=1000567140553. The guest, Ed Yong, recently wrote a book on the topic and a guest essay in the New York Times yesterday.
'General Public' here is me, I suppose.
Hi Tracey, Yes, that was basically my conclusion too: It's complicated! However, we also found that the honeybees (which are affected by colony collapse disorder) aren't the thing to worry about, it's the wild bees.
It's been a couple years at least since I've seen a popular news story on the subject. I googled a bit to see if the problem had been solved, but it doesn't appear to have been. It seems that the situation has stabilized, but is still not good, just managed.
Also: The Press/Websites: BEE POPULATIONS ARE DECLINING!!! !! The General Public: Yeah, we know, that's been happening for a while, now...
As I recall, there is no one, simple explanation for colony collapse disorder, and, as a result, it just fell off the radar of mainstream journalism. I guess another case of bad science journalism -- if the situation is too complicated to encapsulate into a bold headline, ignore it.
