When Nevada farmers began dumping millions of bees into salt-encrusted desert soil, the agricultural world erupted in mockery. Videos went viral showing trucks literally pouring live bees onto barren wasteland that looked more like a post-apocalyptic landscape than farmland. Experts condemned it as animal cruelty, neighbors questioned the farmers' sanity, and news stations ran stories about Nevada's "insane bee experiment." But one month later, those same critics were scrambling to understand what had happened - and desperately trying to copy the strategy they had completely misjudged. What made millions of bees thrive in a salt desert, and why were other states suddenly begging for Nevada's secrets?