A beekeeper holds onto a hive at an apiary at Putaendo town, about 104 km north of Santiago April 18, 2011. The La Nina weather front in Chile is causing a decline in the country's bee population and the honey harvest has consequently fallen by some 60 to 70 percent, according Chile's National Beekeeping Association. Drought conditions alter the flowering patterns of plants, affecting the availability of nectar, which in turn makes survival harder for bees. Picture taken April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A beekeeper takes out a beehive at an apiary at Putaendo town, about 104 km north of Santiago April 18, 2011. The La Nina weather front in Chile is causing a decline in the country's bee population and the honey harvest has consequently fallen by some 60 to 70 percent, according Chile's National Beekeeping Association. Drought conditions alter the flowering patterns of plants, affecting the availability of nectar, which in turn makes survival harder for bees. Picture taken April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A beekeeper checks his beehives at an apiary at Maria Pinto town, some 53 km northwest of Santiago April 18, 2011. The La Nina weather front in Chile is causing a decline in the country's bee population and the honey harvest has consequently fallen by some 60 to 70 percent, according Chile's National Beekeeping Association. Drought conditions alter the flowering patterns of plants, affecting the availability of nectar, which in turn makes survival harder for bees. Picture taken April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A beekeeper holds up a partially empty beehive in an apiary at Maria Pinto town, some 53 km northwest of Santiago April 18, 2011. The La Nina weather front in Chile is causing a decline in the country's bee population and the honey harvest has consequently fallen by some 60 to 70 percent, according Chile's National Beekeeping Association. Drought conditions alter the flowering patterns of plants, affecting the availability of nectar, which in turn makes survival harder for bees. Picture taken April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A beekeeper uses a smoker to calm the bees as he checks on a honeycomb at a bee farm near the city of Probishtip, some 140 km (87 miles) east from the capital Skopje June 8, 2010. Honey, a traditional medicine in Macedonia is used to treat common ailments. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski (MACEDONIA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) 

A Palestinian beekeeper holds a honeycomb before collecting honey near the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank town of Qalqilya May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS ANIMALS AGRICULTURE) 

Palestinian beekeepers collect honey on a farm in the central Gaza Strip May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A Palestinian beekeeper checks a honeycomb before collecting honey at a farm in the central Gaza Strip May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

Palestinian beekeepers use a smoker to calm bees in order to collect honey at a farm in the central Gaza Strip May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A Palestinian beekeeper checks a honeycomb before collecting honey on a farm in the central Gaza Strip May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A beekeeper holds up a comb of honeybees on the outskirts of Hefei, Anhui province April 5, 2010. The beekeeper is part of a group from Shandong province who travel across China from south to north with their honeybees as they follow the time of flowering. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) 

A beekeeper holds up a comb of honeybees on the outskirts of Hefei, Anhui province April 5, 2010. The beekeeper is part of a group from Shandong province who travel across China from south to north with their honeybees as they follow the time of flowering. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) 

A beekeeper holds a honeycomb at Al Taryyaq farm in Jordan Valley February 8, 2010. Jordan has introduced a modern laboratory to help protect the bee population from infectious diseases after an outbreak in 2008 decimated nearly half of the region's bee hives, Jordan's Bee Research Unit Director Nizar Haddad said. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Honeybees swarm on the hand of Israeli beekeeper Paz Raizel on a field near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in southern Israel September 13, 2009. Apples dipped in honey are traditionally eaten on the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL ANIMALS FOOD RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Israeli beekeeper Paz Raizel checks a comb on a field near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in southern Israel September 13, 2009. Apples dipped in honey are traditionally eaten on the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL ANIMALS FOOD RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Palestinian beekeeper Adlah Shehada holds one of her honeycombs in her garden in the village of Aseera Alqibliyah near the West Bank city of Nablus August 8, 2009. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK SOCIETY) 

Yousuf, a 27-year-old honey collector, holds one of his honeycombs for the camera while inspecting others on the road to Burner district from Mardan, about 200 (124 miles) by road northwest of Islamabad July 5, 2009. Yousuf has nearly 200 honeycomb boxes, which he said produce about 10 kilograms (22 lbs) of honey per year. About half of Buner's 700,000 population fled the fighting but have started trickling back as security improves. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

Beekeeper Peter Cash tidies a honeycomb from one of his hives in Tutbury, central England April 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on April 21, 2009, a 10 million pound ($14.6 million) project to research the threats faced by bees and other insect pollinators. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

Beekeeper Clive Joyce holds a a honeycomb at The National Beekeeping Centre in Stoneleigh, central England, November 21, 2008. Where in the United States, fruit farmers pay to have bees trucked thousands of miles to pollinate their crops and in parts of China, humans with feather dusters have taken on the task, in Britain most bees go nature's way. Britons have a deep nostalgia for home-grown honey and its associations with an ordered rural lifestyle. But here, too, the honey bee population is dwindling. Picture taken November 21, 2008. To match feature HONEYBEES-BRITAIN/ REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN) 

Patricio Crespo, a beekeeper, works at an apiary farm in the town of Chivilcoy, some 100 miles (160 km) from Buenos Aires, September 22, 2008. Beekeepers had it easy when cattle roamed freely across the flower-filled meadows of Argentina's Pampas plains. But a boom in soy farming has changed all that. Picture taken September 22, 2008. To match feature ARGENTINA-HONEY/ REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA) 

Bee keepers collect honey in the Khiyam valley at the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon April 5, 2008. REUTERS/ Sharif Karim (LEBANON) 

A bee keeper holds a bee net as he collects honey in the Khiyam valley at the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon April 5, 2008. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON) 

Beekeeper Md. Ismail Mondal, 50, holds a comb of honeybees in a mustard field at Nagor village, about 200 km (124 miles) south from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, December 5, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A man removes beewax from a hive in a bee farm in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, August 31, 2007. Picture taken on August 31, 2007. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ) 

A bee-keeper holds a comb of honeybees at Huangyuan county in northwest China's Qinghai province July 7, 2007. A group of bee-keepers from Sichuan and Shaanxi province, travelling around China with their honeybees and following the time of flowering, make their living through bee-keeping and earn about 20,000 yuan ($2,631) each annually. Picture taken July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA) 

A bee-keeper holds a comb of honeybees at Huangyuan county, northwest China's Qinghai province July 7, 2007. A group of bee-keepers from Sichuan and Shaanxi province, travelling around China with their honeybees and following the time of flowering, make their living through bee-keeping and earn about 20,000 yuan ($2,631) each annually. Picture taken July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA) 

A bee-keeper holds a comb of honeybees at Huangyuan county in northwest China's Qinghai province July 7, 2007. A group of bee-keepers from Sichuan and Shaanxi province, travelling around China with their honeybees and following the time of flowering, make their living through bee-keeping and earn about 20,000 yuan ($2,631) each annually. Picture taken July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA) 

A bee-keeper collects pollen at Huangyuan county, in northwest China's Qinghai province, July 7, 2007. He makes his living through bee-keeping and earns about 20,000 yuan ($2,631) per year. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA) 

Beekeepers check colonies of honey bees in Panzoo, about 45 km (28 miles) south of Srinagar May 11, 2007. Honey production in Kashmir is expected to touch 800 tons this year official said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Beekeeper holds a comb of honeybees as he points out the queen among the other bees in Panzoo, about 45 km (28 miles) south of Srinagar May 11, 2007. Honey production in Kashmir is expected to touch 800 tons this year official said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Beekeeper Manfred Hederer check a colonies of honey bees in Utting at Lake Ammersee, around 30km (18.75 miles) south of Munich, March 29, 2007. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)