Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.

The lives of a bell maker, a beekeeper, and their observant son.

In their struggle for survival, bees have an unlikely ally: Monsanto.

The rise, and rise, of bee mortality in America.

Save the honeybee, sterilize the earth.