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!- Start of DoubleClick Floodlight Tag: Please do not remove Activity name of this tag: UCB001CP Retargeting URL of the webpage where the tag is expected to be placed: http://unknown This tag must be placed between the. In the mid-2000s, California beekeepers began to notice that their bees were disappearing. The technical term for the problem is "colony collapse disorder." Scientists aren't sure what causes the sudden drop in population, but Claire Kremen, a professor of environmental sciences, policy and management at UC Berkeley, has an idea. She thinks part of the problem comes from farmers depending entirely on honeybees. "Anytime you rely on only one thing," she says, "you have no buffer. It's kind of like the stock market - most people recognize that investing all of their assets into a single commodity isn't a wise idea." Kremen is talking with reporter Alissa Escarce in Just Food, a new podcast series from the Berkeley Food Institute that explores the complex network of people and places behind what we eat. Throughout six episodes, the podcast touches on a range of topics, from California's dwindling bee populations to finding healthy soil in Richmond to the impacts of Berkeley's soda tax.
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