Illinois is abuzz with bees, but their future is uncertain

Curious City

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🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A listener noticed her garden didn’t seem to have as many bees as usual buzzing about this summer. She wondered if the population in Illinois was on the decline. Curious City reporter Adriana Cardona- Maguigad finds out how the bees are doing and why experts are worried about the bees.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Curit City reporter Adriana Cardona McGigad.
0:06.0	A few weeks ago, I went to El Paseo Community Garden in Pilsen.
0:11.0	They have this amazing beehive there.
0:14.0	It produces honey for the community.
0:19.0	Noah Frasier is a local beekeeper,
0:21.6	and he showed me how he usually takes care of the bees.
0:25.6	Here, feel the weight of that.
0:27.6	Wow.
0:28.6	And it turns out it's a lot of work to keep bees.
0:32.6	Here, do you want to hold him?
0:34.6	This is a male bee.
0:35.6	He knows it's a male because male bees don't have a stinger.
0:40.3	He can't sting you.
0:41.3	Oh really?
0:42.3	Yeah.
0:43.3	So just gently hold him with your fingers like on the top and the bottom.
0:47.3	You can feel the vibration of his wing muscles.
0:50.3	Noah isn't the only person into bees.
0:53.3	Katie Eram and her mom Andrea Beery are trying to create an ideal habitat for bees in their
0:59.5	Naperville garden.
1:01.5	Katie is the type of person who pays attention to nature's more simple moments.
1:06.0	Things most people don't stop and observe.
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