David Hackenberg is an American commercial beekeeper who started Hackenberg Apiaries which runs beehives in several American states. Hackenberg witnessed the first case of what was going to be known as

Colony Collapse Disorder Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is an abnormal phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a honey bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food, and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees. While s ...

(CCD) in November 2006 and reported it publicly in February 2007. Hackenberg has been featured in two documentaries about CCD –

Vanishing of the Bees ''Vanishing of the Bees'' is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films, directed by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein and released in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The story is centered on the sudden disappearance ...

and Colony: the Endangered World of Bees. He has represented the beekeeping industry in front of congress on issues concerning pesticides and received th
Presidents award
from the American Beekeeping Federation in 2008 for bringing the plight of the honeybee to light in the world.

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