If you watch the Dan Rather report "Buzzkill" (link is below) the beekeeper at the end has a rather surprising statement when he says the beekeeping industry as we know it will be gone 3 years from now. After talking to Davey, the impression I got was that this might very well be true. There are more corn and soybeans being grown than ever before at the same time spraying of crops is growing too. Farmers and growers that need bees to pollinate their fields are already having trouble renting bees for pollination. Next year might look kind of scary when bees are nowhere to be found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5riRX1_3w