As harvest season winds down, it's easy to forget who's responsible for all those juicy tomatoes. Bumblebees. Genus Bombus. But some of these species  are in decline. So the Vermont Center for Ecostudies in White River Junction has been doing a survey in the Upper Valley to learn more about Vermont's bombus population.

Bill Mares from the Vermont Beekeepers Association talks with Vermont Edition about the annual Eastern Apicultural  Society meeting taking place this week in Burlington.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Chaz Mraz, president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association for an update on Vermont's bee population.