'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession

Bees are essential to the functioning of America's titanic almond industry - and billions are dying in the processDennis Arp was feeling optimistic last summer, which is unusual for a beekeeper these days.Thanks to a record wet spring, his hundreds of hives, scattered across the central Arizona desert, produced a bounty of honey. Arp would have plenty to sell in stores, but more importantly, the bumper harvest would strengthen his bees for their biggest task of the coming year. Continue reading...