>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
AND WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK MEET THE SPRING GREEN
ACTOR WHO IS IMMERSED IN DRAMA
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.
DISCOVER WHY RECORD HIGH CROP
PRICES MAY COME WITH AN
ENVIRONMENTAL COST, AND HIT THE
TRACK AT TOP SPEED, SORRY, NO
BRAKES ALLOWED.
WE'LL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF
HONEYBEES FROM OUR FIELDS AND
GARDENS "IN WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, HEALTHCARE FOR THE
GREATER GOOD.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
BELIEVE IF YOU PERSONALLY ARE
NOT LIVING IT, BUT THERE ARE
STILL SOME AREAS IN THE STATE
THAT ARE UNDER WATER AS A
RESULT OF JUNE'S FLOOD DISASTER.
SPRING GREEN IS ONE OF THOSE
AREAS.
ANDY SOTH REPORTS THAT FOR ONE
ACTOR FROM THE AMERICAN PLAYERS
THEATER LIFE AS OF LATE HAS
BEEN ONE BIG DRAMA.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, I WAS OFF
IN ANOTHER WORLD.
>> THAT WILL WAKE HIM UP.
>> IT'S A TUESDAY NIGHT
PERFORMANCE OF "AH, WILDERNESS"
BY EUGENE O'NEILL AND IT'S SOLD
OUT.
THAT COMES AS A GREAT RELIEF TO
MEMBERS OF AMERICAN PLAYERS
THEATER WHO WORRIED THAT PEOPLE
WOULD STAY AWAY BECAUSE OF
REPORTING OF FLOODS IN THE AREA.
IN FACT, ONLY A FEW HOMES
REMAIN FLOODED.
BUT ONE OF THEM BELONGS TO A
CAST MEMBER IN TONIGHT'S SHOW,
SARAH DAY.
>> THERE WAS A HUGE STORM AND
THE WATER WENT UP ABOUT 2 1/2
FEET INTO MY HOUSE.
>> THAT HIGH WATERMARK REMAINS
ON THE WALLS AND THE EXPERIENCE
HAS LEFT ITS OWN IMPRESSION ON
DAY.
>> IT WAS STARTLING, JUST
STARTLING.
IT WAS KIND OF HURTFUL WHEN YOU
REALIZE THAT ATTACHMENT THAT
YOU HAVE TO A HOME.
>> BUT DAY HAS ALSO REALIZED
THE ATTACHMENT SHE HAS TO HER
FELLOW ACTORS AND CREW MEMBERS.
>> I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
FRIENDS.
AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT LESSON.
>> MAYBE IT IS TO ME.
OR IT WAS ONCE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST GRACEFUL
HUMAN BEINGS.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY
SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I MEAN, TO ASK FOR HELP IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT SHE EXCELS AT.
AND THIS WAS JUST BEYOND HER
AND HER WILLINGNESS TO
SURRENDER TO THE SITUATION AND
TAKE PEOPLE'S HELP AND FIRST
TIME IN HER LIFE BE THE PERSON
EVERYONE HAD TO HELP, SHE JUST
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE
GRACIOUS ABOUT ALL THAT.
>> SO HER COLLEAGUES, ACTORS
AND SET BUILDERS AND COSTUMEERS
DIDN'T HESITATE TO PLAY A
SUPPORTING ROLE RUSHING TO FILL
SANDBAGS NOT ONLY FOR DAY'S
HOME BUT OTHER SPRING
GREENHOUSES.
>> THAT NIGHT THAT THE COMPANY,
I MEAN EVERYBODY INCLUDING YOUR
DIRECTORS, 60-YEAR-OLD
DIRECTORS, WENT TO THE SHELTER
TO FILL SANDBAGS AND BECAUSE
EVERYONE JUST WANTED TO TRY TO
HELP.
THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE FOR
THE SEASON ARE FROM CHICAGO OR
MILWAUKEE OR FROM OUT OF TOWN.
THEY LOVE THIS PLACE LIKE IT'S
THEIR HOME AND THEY LOVE SARAH.
>> EVENTUALLY IT BECAME CLEAR
THAT SANDBAGS WERE NOT ENOUGH.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHO MADE THAT
CALL TO GET A TRUCK OVER THERE
TO GET STUFF OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THAT WAS LIKE A WHOLE NEW SHIFT
OF PEOPLE THAT WENT OVER THERE
AND DID THAT.
WE WERE ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF
GETTING SHOWS READY TO GO.
>> THE PHRASE THE SHOW MUST GO
ON SOUNDS LIKE A HOLLOW CLICHE
UNTIL YOU REALLY MEAN IT.
>> THE SHOW MUST GO ON IS NOT A
CLICHE, IT'S THE TRUTH.
1100 PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO SEE
IT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAY
TO PUT ON STAGE.
>> FOR SARAH DAY THAT PLAY WAS
"THE DESERT QUEEN."
A WORLD PREMIER PERFORMANCE OF
A ONE WOMAN SHOW.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
SAID I NEED TO MOVE ON AND TAKE
CARE OF MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY
AND I CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT WASN'T EVEN A QUESTION FOR
HER.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT,
I DON'T THINK.
>> DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU TO
THINK I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH STUFF
TO DEAL WITH?
CAN WE PUT THIS ON HOLD OR--
>> WELL -- NO, IT NEVER, NO.
IT'S A FUNNY THING.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT
APT IS QUITTING IS NOT REALLY
AN OPTION IN AN WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL WAY.
AND QUITE HONESTLY THE SHOW WAS
SOLD OUT AND I HAD EVERY
INTENTION OF WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
BUY A TICKET BACK IN MARCH WERE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE
PLAY.
>> YOU COULDN'T COME UP WITH A
HARDER THING TO DO THAN TO BE
ON STAGE ALONE FOR AN HOUR AND
A HALF ENGAGED FOR REAL,
AUTHENTIC, KNOW YOUR LINES.
SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
HARDEST REHEARSAL PROCESS IN
HERE LIFE AND IT'S THE BEST
WORK I THINK SHE'S DONE IN HER
LIFE.
>> HER ONE WOMAN SHOW IS OVER
NOW BUT DAY HAS PARTS IN OTHER
PLAYS LIKE .
SHE'S LIVING IN THE GUEST ROOM
OF THE COMPANY'S STAGE MANAGER
WITH HER BELONGINGS IN A GARAGE.
THE FUTURE IS UNCLEAR.
>> I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WILL ACTUALLY
HAPPEN.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS
WITH FEMA AND WITH OTHER
AGENCIES THAT ARE TRYING TO
HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE
SAME POSITION THAT I AM.
>> THINGS LIKE THIS COME UP AND
WE THINK THERE IS NO HOPE.
>> DESPITE THE LOSSES OF THE
FLOOD, SARAH DAY AND HER
COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL GAINED A
NEW PERSPECTIVE.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO REPEAT THIS
LINE.
SHE SAID I REALIZED I LOST MY
HOUSE, I DIDN'T LOSE MY HOME
BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS MY HOME.
>> I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I HAVE A
PLACE TO BE AND FRIENDS WHO ARE
HELPING ME THROUGH THIS TIME.
>> HOW WELL YOU'VE STOOD IT.
>> WELL, SARAH DAY STILL ISN'T
SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH HER
HOME.
FEMA HAS BEGUN TO PERFORM
INSPECTIONS OF THE FLOODED
HOUSES AROUND SPRING GREEN.
ON A SADDER NOTE, THROUGHOUT
THIS TIME THAT DAY HAS BEEN
DEALING WITH HER FLOODED HOME,
SHE'S ALSO BEEN TENDING TO HER
AILING FATHER AND WE'RE SAD TO
REPORT THAT A FORMER CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK.
OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE
DAY FAMILY.
>> FLOOD-RELATED DAMAGE HAS
CREATED HARD TIMES FOR MANY
STATE BUSINESSES.
IN AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF
THE USDA CALLS IT A CRISIS
SITUATION THAT CALLS FOR
DRASTIC ACTION.
THAT ACTION, ALLOWING FARMERS
TO GRAZE ANIMALS ON LAND THAT
HAD BEEN SET ASIDE AS PART OF
THE SO-CALLED CONSERVATION
RESERVE PROGRAM.
AS FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS
THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN
FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ACROSS WISCONSIN WERE PULLING
OUT OF THE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
COULD NOT COMPETE WITH THE
RECORD HIGH MARKET FOR CROPS
LIKE CORN AND SOYBEANS.
THIS 200 ACRES IN DANE COUNTY
IS PLANTED THIS YEAR IN CROPS
THAT ARE YIELDING ALL-TIME HIGH
PRICES.
>> HE'S PLANTING CORN, I THINK.
AND SOYBEANS.
>> BEUHLA UREN OWNS THE LAND.
LAND THAT HASN'T BARED ITS RICH
SOIL TO SEEDING IN 20 YEARS.
>> YES, ALL THIS WAS IN CRP.
>> BECAUSE WHEN UREN AND HER
HUSBAND RETIRED FROM FARMING,
THEY ENROLLED THEIR ACREAGE IN
THE CONSERVATION RESERVE
PROGRAM OR CRP.
ESSENTIALLY THE FEDERAL PROGRAM
PAYS FARMERS TO IDLE LAND,
ORIGINALLY IT WAS DESIGNED TO
PRESERVE CROP PRICES BUT TODAY
SERVES TO PRESERVE SOIL, WATER
AND WILDLIFE HABITAT.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING AND STILL GET PAID SO
IT WAS REALLY -- IT WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
>> OVER THOSE 20 YEARS IN THE
PROGRAM, THE UREN'S FARM BECAME
A PRAIRIE.
>> HOW HIGH WAS THAT GRASS WHEN
YOU WOULD COME OUT HERE?
>> OH, IT WAS KNEE HIGH OR
BETTER.
IT WAS BROAM GRASS AND ARCHER
GRASS AND SWEET CLOVER, THERE
WERE WILDFLOWERS AND BLUEGRASS.
>> SO WHY THISIER DID YOU
DECIDE NOT TO REENROLL?
>> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAY US
AS MUCH PER ACRE.
THEY KEPT CUTTING IT -- THE
AMOUNT WE GOT EVERY YEAR AND SO
MY SON SAID WE CAN MAKE MORE BY
CROPPING IT.
>> THIS YEAR THE FAMILY RENTED
THE LAND TO THEIR NEIGHBOR.
>> WE WERE LUCKY IT'S IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
BEING ABLE TO RENT THIS.
>> IS IT HARD TO COME BY LAND?
>> NOW WITH THE PRICE OF
COMMODITIES UP EVERYBODY AND
THEIR UNCLE IS TRYING TO RENT
MORE.
>> TRYING TO RENT LAND TO PLANT
OR PLANTING THEIR OWN BECAUSE
BIG DEMAND IN EXPORTS AND
ETHANOL ARE PUSHING PRICES FOR
CROPS LIKE SOYBEANS AND CORN
EVER HIGHER.
THE INCENTIVE TO IDLE THE LAND
JUST ISN'T THERE.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. AGO
DEPARTMENT ABOUT HALF OF
WISCONSIN FARMERS WHO HAD THEIR
LAND IN CONSERVATION RESERVE IN
PRIOR YEARS HAVE DECIDED NOT TO
REENROLL.
THAT'S SOME 200,000 ACRES
ACROSS THE STATE PULLED OUT OF
CONSERVATION ACRES.
IOWA COUNTY FARMER LAVERNE
HENSEN PULLED HIS OUT.
>> IT'S IN CORN CROP THIS YEAR.
>> IT'S A BETTER ECONOMIC
CHOICE TO PUT THIS IN CORN
PARTICULARLY NOW THAN TO LEAVE
IT IDLE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE AND I
THINK A LOT OF THE FARMERS IN
THE AREA HAVE DONE THAT.
>> FOR HIS PART, HENSEN
BELIEVES HE CAN STILL BE A GOOD
STEWARD OF HIS FARMLAND.
HE SAYS HE PLANTED GRASSWAYS
ALONG A STREAM BANK ON HIS
PROPERTY TO PREVENT RUNOFF FROM
HIS FIELDS.
AND HE PLANTS LOTS OF TREES,
250,000 OF THEM SO FAR.
BUT THE ESSENCE OF THE
CONSERVATION PROGRAM IN THIS
AREA IS IN CREATING GRASSLANDS
TRYING TO RECREATE NATIVE
PRAIRIES THAT ONCE COVERED
THESE ROLLING HILLS.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR AN EASTERN
MEADOWLARK OVER HERE THAT'S
CALLING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIRDS THAT
IS A VERY ABUNDANT NESTER IN
CRP GRASSLANDS.
>> GRASSLAND BIOLOGIST CALLS
THE PRESERVED PRAIRIES AN
IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR BIRDS
LIKE MEADOWLARKS, BOBOLINKS,
HENSLOW SPARROWS AND EVEN
RAPTORS.
>> A PROGRAM LIKE THE
CONSERVATION RESERVE WHICH
BOOSTED OUR GRASSLAND ACREAGE
TO 700,000 ADDITIONAL ACRES AT
ITS PEAK PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT
HABITAT FOR THESE DECLINING
GRASSLAND BIRD SPECIES.
WITH THE HABITATS NOW STARTING
TO COME OUT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE IMPLICATIONS WILL BE FOR
THOSE BREEDING BIRDS.
>> AND THOSE BREEDING BIRDS GET
A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM EXPERTS
BECAUSE OF THEIR FRAGILE
POPULATIONS.
IN THIS FIELD OF CONSERVATION
RESERVE LAND IN IOWA COUNTY,
DNR AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS
HAVE 22 CAMERAS SET UP TO
MONITOR NESTING BIRDS AND
OFFSPRING.
CAPTURING THEIR EVERY MOVE
THROUGH A LIVE LENS AND
RECORDER.
THE IDEA IS TO FIND OUT IN WHAT
CONDITIONS THEIR POPULATIONS
GROW.
BUT EVEN THIS RESEARCH IS
GETTING CROWDED OUT BY CROPS.
>> BASICALLY WE'VE HAD TO KIND
OF FIND MORE SITES BECAUSE SOME
OF THE LANDOWNERS THAT WE WERE
WORKING ON DID SWITCH TO
PRODUCING CORN.
>> WE WERE CREATING A SURROGATE
HABITAT AFTER REMOVING THEIR
NATIVE HABITAT WE'RE NOW
PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER
THEM BY REMOVING THE SURROGATE
HABITAT WE'VE CREATED.
>> ANY TIME YOU TAKE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OFF THE
LANDSCAPE IN A YEAR OR TWO IT
IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
>> WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST SCOTT
HULL IS ALSO THE AGENCY'S FARM
BILL EXPERT.
THE LEGISLATION THAT FUNDS THE
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.
HE SAYS LOSING ACREAGE IN THAT
PROGRAM IS ALSO PUTTING ANOTHER
HABITAT AT RISK.
HE FEARS THE POPULATION OF
RINGNECK PHEASANT AND BOB WHITE
QUAIL WILL DECLINE.
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR
SPORTSMAN AND FOR PEOPLE WHO
RELY ON THE BUSINESS THAT
SPORTSMEN BRING TO THIS STATE.
IT IS POSSIBLE IF THE DECLINE
IS REAL AND SHARP ENOUGH THAT
WE COULD SEE A DECLINE IN THE
NUMBER OF PHEASANT HUNTERS IN
THE STATE.
>> GOOD BOY, DROP HIM.
DROP, GOOD BOY.
>> HULL SAYS THE LATEST FARM
BILL DOES HAVE A CLAUSE THAT
SAYS THE USDA CAN BOOST
PAYMENTS IT MAKES TO FARMERS TO
IDLE THEIR LAND FOR
CONSERVATION RESERVE.
>> WE NEED TO FIND A HAPPY
MEDIUM BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND
PRICE AND COME MODITIES.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO HAPPY
MEDIUM.
>> THE SCALES HAVE TIPPED
TOWARD PRICES FOR COMMODITIES
THAT ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN
CURRENT CONSERVATION PAYMENTS.
FOR LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS LIKE
BEUHLA UREN, THAT MEANS THE
BEST ECONOMIC CHOICE FOR THE
LAND IS TO PLOW IT AND PLANT IT.
SO FAR THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO
THE USDA, FARMERS NATIONWIDE
HAVE PULLED 2.2 MILLION ACRES
OUT OF THE CONSERVATION RESERVE
PROGRAM.
EVEN AS MORE CROPS ARE BEING
PLANTED IN WISCONSIN, THERE HAS
BEEN A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
FIELD WORKERS, HONEYBEES.
THE POLLINATING INSECTS ARE
CRUCIAL TO THE PRODUCTIVITY AS
FOOD CROPS BUT MANY HONEYBEES
SEEM TO BE LEAVING THE HIVE
NEVER TO RETURN LEAVING BEE
KEEPERS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS.
>> IT SMELLS GOOD, HUH?
MEDICINAL.
IT'S FULL OF MAGIC.
>> SHE'S KNOWN AS THE BEE
CHARMER.
THE PRODUCTS OF MARY SEELY'S
MAGICAL MINISTRATION ARE
OFFERED AT THE DANE COUNTY
FARMER'S MARKET EACH WEEK.
SHE HAS BEEN CARING FOR
HONEYBEES FOR 26 YEARS.
>> SO YOU JUST HAVE TO GO KIND
OF SLOW.
>> KEEPING HONEYBEES HEALTHY
ISN'T EASY.
IN THE 1980s TWO DIFFERENT
INSECTS MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE
UNITED STATES AND BEGAN
ATTACKING THE BEES.
>> WE'VE PROBABLY LOST HALF THE
HONEYBEES IN THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE LAST 30 YEARS IF YOU
LOOK AT NUMBER OF COLONIES.
>> IN THE SPRING OF 2007
WISCONSIN BEE KEEPERS BEGAN
LOSING THEIR COLONIES IN A
DIFFERENT, VERY MYSTERIOUS WAY.
>> THEY WERE FLYING AWAY FROM
THEIR HIVES AND NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM AFTER
THAT.
>> THIS IS THE HIVE THAT THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO
THEM.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN IT WAS
QUEENLESS AND I DIDN'T NOTICE
IT AND IT JUST DWINDLED BUT A
LOT -- THERE WAS SOME -- THERE
WAS BROOD.
THEY LEFT WITHOUT THESE
HATCHING OUT, SEE?
SO THIS IS A HIVE THAT HAS
ABSCONDED, WHICH MEANS THEY ALL
LEAVE, NOT JUST PART OF THEM,
ALL OF THEM.
>> IT'S CALLED COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
EVEN THOUGH MOST BEES DON'T
RETURN TO THE HIVE, CELLEY SAYS
SHE'S NOTICED DISTURBING
BEHAVIORS NEAR HER BOXES.
>> THIS IS THE BEHAVIOR I DON'T
LIKE.
THAT BEE IS NOT WELL.
SEE HOW IT'S STUMBLING AROUND?
IT'S DISORIENTED.
>> COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER WAS
ALSO SEEN IN SOME SOUTHERN
STATES BACK IN THE FALL OF 2006.
>> THESE BEES ARE JUST WORN OUT.
TATTERED AND TORN.
>> RESULTING IN LOSSES OF UP TO
90% OF THE HIVES.
>> THERE IS INDICATIONS THAT
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20
YEARS OR MORE.
IN FACT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT SUGGEST THAT THEY HAVE
SEEN SIMILAR THINGS EVEN THE
1890s.
>> AND AS WITH ANY GOOD MYSTERY
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES
FLOATING AROUND.
>> ONE OF THE THEORIES IS IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A BEES BECOME
WEAKENED.
AND THEN THEY BECOME
SUSCEPTIBLE TO NOT SERIOUS
INFECTIONS.
>> IT COULD BE SOME SORT OF
FUNGAL DISEASE, IT COULD BE A
NEW INSECT BACTERIA OR MAYBE
JUST STRESS RELATED.
>> ANOTHER THEORY POINTS TO A
CLASS OF PESTICIDES CALLED
NEONICOTINOID THAT WORK
SYSTEMICLY.
>> IN SOME EXPERIMENTS SOME
LETHAL DOSAGES OF THOSE CAUSED
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE BEES.
FRANCE HAS BANNED THE USE OF
THIS IN MANY AREAS IN USES
BECAUSE OF BEE LOSSES IN FRANCE
AND THE BEE KEEPERS PETITIONED
TO TAKE THE CHEMICALS AWAY.
THE CHEMICALS ARE GONE AND
THEY'RE STILL EXPERIENCING THE
SAME PROBLEMS.
>> SOME FEEL THE BEES ARE
SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF
TRAVELING TO WORK.
THEY POLLINATE MORE THAN 130
CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDING CRANBERRIES IN
WISCONSIN.
THE BEES ARE SENT FROM CROP TO
CROP ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON
SEMIS.
WHICH MAY STRESS THEIR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
CHRIS RUNS A BUSINESS FOR BEES
IN THEIR OFF SEASON.
THEY SPEND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS
OF THE YEAR WORKING IN ONE
STATE AFTER ANOTHER STARTING IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> MOVING BEES IS A FACTOR IN
COLONY COLLAPSE.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD SAY
THAT IT WAS MOVING BEES THAT
CAUSED ALL THESE COLONIES TO
COLLAPSE, NO, I DON'T THINK YOU
CAN DO THAT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH ARE
ENVIRONMENTAL THAT THE BEE
KEEPER HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND
SOME OF WHICH WE HAVE A GREAT
DEAL OF CONTROL OVER.
HOW WE MOVE THE BEES, WHEN WE
MOVE THE BEES.
WE LEAVE THEM ENOUGH SPACE THAT
THEY HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD STORES.
>> TO DATE NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE
TO DEFINITIVELY PROVE ANY OF
THESE THEORIES.
RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
NOW A NEW STUDY SEEMS TO
PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT CLUE.
RESULTS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER
2007 ON THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCES
WEBSITE SAID THAT ONE ORGANISM
IS ACUTE PARALYSIS VIRUS OF
BEES WAS STRONGLY CORRELATED
WITH COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER.
THE RESEARCHERS ARE CONTINUING
THEIR WORK TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHETHER THE VIRUS MIGHT CAUSE
COLONY COLLAPSE BY ITSELF OR IN
COMBINATION WITH OTHER
PATHOGENS AND STRESSES.
MEANWHILE, BEE KEEPERS LIKE
WERNER AND CELLEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP
THEIR BEES HEALTHY.
>> THEY'RE HAPPY TODAY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LEAVING
TODAY.
>> ACCORDING TO THE USDA THERE
WERE ENOUGH HONEYBEES
NATIONALLY TO PROVIDE ALL THE
POLLINATION NEEDED IN 2007.
ALSO REPORTS OF COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER DID NOT INCREASE FROM
2006 TO 2007.
>> OUR FINAL REPORT THIS WEEK
TAKES US TO A SPOT IN KENOSHA
THAT WAS ONCE THE SITE OF
REGULAR FIST PUMPING, HEART
THUMPING ACTION, OUR FORMER
STUDENT INTERN FOUND THAT WHILE
THE CROWDS ARE A LITTLE
THINNER, PEOPLE STILL TRAVEL TO
KENOSHA FOR A CHANCE TO SPIN
THEIR WHEELS.
>> CARS READY?
SET, GO.
>> THERE IS A LITTLE-KNOWN
SECRET TUCKED AWAY BETWEEN
MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO.
A RELIC OF THE PAST THAT STILL
GETS HEARTS RACING.
>> EVERYTHING ON MONDAY NIGHT
IS MOMS AND DADS.
THERE ARE GRANDFATHERS DOWN
HERE, THERE ARE GRANDFATHERS
THAT RACE, THEIR SONS RACE AND
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN RACE.
>> ON MONDAY NIGHTS WE PACK UP
THE WHOLE FAMILY AND COME DOWN
AND WATCH.
>> IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR AT
WASHINGTON PARK.
THE SITE OF THE NATION'S OLDEST
OPERATING VELODROME, A
VELODROME IN A BIG TRACK WHERE
CYCLIST RACE FIXED GEAR BIKES.
BIKES WITH ONLY ONE GEAR AND NO
BRAKES.
WHEN THE TRACK WAS BUILT IN
1927, CYCLISTS WERE THE
COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES.
THE KENOSHA VELODROME DREW IN
CROWDS OF UP TO 29,000 PEOPLE.
ONCE A BICYCLING MECCA THIS
TRACK IS NOW A QUIETER PLACE.
WHILE THE PROS RACE ON TUESDAY
NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER,
ANYONE WHO IS WILLING AND ABLE
IS ALLOWED TO RACE IN THE
CITIZEN STOCK RACES MONDAY
NIGHTS.
>> WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS
PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW
AND IT'S TO GET LITTLE KIDS
STARTING -- WE'VE HAD KIDS AS
YOUNG AS 18 MONTHS OLD COME OUT
ON THEIR FIRE TRUCK AND RACE
AROUND THE WARM-UP CIRCLE OVER
THERE.
>> IT'S PART OF OUR MISSION TO
NOT ONLY ALLOW OLDER ATHLETES
WHO ARE -- HAVE FULL-TIME
CAREERS TO CONTINUE TO BE
COMPETITIVE AND RACE IN CYCLING
BUT TO ALSO GET SOME OF THE
FUTURE GENERATIONS INTO THE
SPORT.
>> KIM AND HIS WIFE SPEND THEIR
FREE TIME MONDAY NIGHTS FROM
MAY THROUGH AUGUST SETTING UP
AND RUNNING THESE RACES FOR ALL
AGES.
>> WE VIEW THIS AS TEACHING
KIDS ABOUT A LIFE SPORT, NOT --
I TRY NOT TO BE SUPER
COMPETITIVE ABOUT THINGS.
THIS IS A LOW KEY THING WE DO
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RULES
AND REGULATIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT FOR PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT.
IT'S FOR FUN.
>> WHILE THE YOUNGER
GENERATIONS DEVELOP A PASSION
FOR THE VELODROME, THOSE WHO
WERE AROUND DURING THE TRACK'S
GOLDEN DAYS REFLECT ON WHAT A
NIGHT AT THE KENOSHA RACES USED
TO LOOK LIKE.
>> THEY USED TO HAVE OVER 100
RIDERS AND SOME OF THE HALFTIME
ENTERTAINMENT WAS BOXING.
THEY USED TO CLOSE OFF THE ROAD
SOMETIMES DURING NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND PUT BLEACHERS
UP ON THE ROAD.
>> ALTHOUGH ATTENDANCE DROPPED,
THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN
VELODROME RACING HAS REMAINED.
THE SIMPLICITY OF THE FIXED
GEAR BICYCLE.
IN FACT, AT SOME TIMES IT'S THE
OLDER BIKES THE RIDERS SEEK OUT.
>> MY MIDDLE SON IS RIDING A
BIKE THAT'S 33 YEARS OLD.
IT'S AN OLDER FRENCH BICYCLE.
>> THE IDEA OF A BIKE WITH NO
BRAKES MAY SCARE SOME PEOPLE
BUT TO THOSE WHO RIDE, THE LACK
OF BRAKES IS AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF VELODROME RACING.
>> IT'S LIGHTER AND SOME RIDERS
FEEL THAT ON A TRACK THIS SIZE
IT'S A DISADVANTAGE.
OTHER RIDERS FEEL THAT IT'S
SORT OF A MIND GAME WITH ONE
GEAR AND YOU AND THE TRACK.
>> THROUGH THE YEARS FROM
HOMETOWN HEROES OF THE PAST
LIKE CYCLISTS BOB PFARR, BOBBY
THOMAS AND CORKY THOMAS TO
RIDERS TODAY THE RACE HAS
REMAINED UNCHANGED.
>> RIDERS READY, SET, GO.
>> BUT FOR RIDERS WHO COME OUT
TO ENJOY SOME LAUGHS ON THE
TRACK ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT WINNING THE
GOLD.
>> YOU MEET FRIENDS WHEN YOU
START RACING AND THEN WHEN YOU
-- THEN WHEN YOU LIKE GO FOR
YOUR SECOND WEEK OF RACING YOU
MIGHT GO LIKE UP TO YOUR
COMPETITION AND SAY HEY, THAT
WAS A GREAT WEEK THAT YOU RACED
LAST WEEK.
>> THERE IS STILL TIME TO CHECK
OUT THE BIKE RACES YOURSELF.
THE RACING SEASON AT WASHINGTON
PARK VELODROME CONTINUES
THROUGH AUGUST.
MORE DETAILS INCLUDING THE RACE
SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org/IN WISCONSIN.
AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS
WEEK.
IN FACT, THIS IS OUR FINAL
PROGRAM OF THE SEASON.
WE'RE TAKING A BREAK IN AUGUST.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK FOR US AGAIN
THIS FALL.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH ALL NEW
REPORTS AND IN HIGH DEFINITION.
UNTIL THEN, WE LEAVE YOU WITH A
TRIP TO BEAUTIFUL MEYERS BEACH
IN BAYFIELD COUNTY.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M PATTY
LOEW.
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP LIFE IN WISCONSIN
RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, HEALTHCARE FOR THE
GREATER GOOD.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.