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[QUOTE]Originally posted by NaturalResources: [QB] [b]Coming Next Week: Colony Collapse Disorder Breakthrough[/b] The Beekeeper / Kim Flottum [QUOTE]The first break in the CCD mystery is about to be released. Researchers at Penn State, the USDA and Columbia University have had a research paper accepted by a prestigious scientific journal magazine that outlines the first published information on a possible cause of Colony Collapse Disorder … commonly known as CCD. But the scientific journal and for the most part the researchers are being tight-lipped about what’s in that paper. The secrecy surrounding this research has been extraordinary and some of the activities of the researchers has left us scratching our heads. One of the scientists let on a few weeks ago in a small farming magazine that what they had found was a virus, or viruses … supposedly previously unknown in honey bees, or at least in U.S. honey bees. Moreover, it was hinted that there were at least two points of entry into the U.S. for these bee-killing agents. Or maybe they aren’t bee-killers, but simply a way that other bee-killers can gain a foothold and make life miserable for bees, and their keepers. Early reports did indicate that bees from alleged CCD infested hives were full of fungus, bacteria and all manner of other pathogens.[/QUOTE]Full Text At: [URL=http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/08/31/coming-next-week-colony-collapse-disorder-breakthrough/6077/]http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/08/31/coming-next-week-colony-collapse-disorde r-breakthrough/6077/[/URL] The article above is from Aug. 31 so I'm guessing if it is accurate we should hear something this week about what is causing CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder. [b]Disorder stings bee population[/b] By Angela Moscaritolo [QUOTE]It's been a bad year for beekeepers, and consumers could still get stung down the road. Honeybee populations have declined by 25 percent in recent months. The Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has left Pennsylvania beekeepers stumped as to why many of their bees seem to have vanished and worried about the effects that the epidemic could have. Over the past beekeeping season, John O'Laughlin of Dawson said he lost about 20 of his 43 honeybee hives. "They're just gone," O'Laughlin said. "The colony is just dead, you don't find anything." And O'Laughlin is not alone. "One of our larger beekeepers lost 2,000 of 3,000 colonies in a month," said Dennis Van Engelsdorp, acting state apiarist. Beekeepers will find a colony completely empty, devoid of even dead bees. They are leaving the hive and dying, said Engelsdorp. "I haven't seen losses this quickly and this extensively before," Engelsdorp said. If the problem worsens, on top of just honey, Americans may be facing shortages of apples, peaches, berries, soybeans, almonds, avocados and many other crops that honeybees help pollinate. In addition, each colony of honeybees adds about $1,600 to the economy through the produce they help pollinate, according to Bonnie Hal, state apiary inspector. With the cause of CCD unknown, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and senators Barbara Boxer from California and John Thune of South Dakota agreed that the problem is worth researching. They introduced a legislation called the Pollinator Protection Act, which would provide $89 million in federal funds to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research, protect and maintain America's bee and native pollinator population.[/QUOTE]Full Text At: [URL=http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18777148&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6]http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18777148&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dep t_id=480247&rfi=6[/URL] At least someone is taking action. This is a very serious problem..... On a slightly Off-Topic, but related note: [b]3,000-year-old beehives found in Israel[/b] By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer [QUOTE]JERUSALEM - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found. The findings in the ruins of the city of Rehov this summer include 30 intact hives dating to around 900 B.C., archaeologist Amihai Mazar of Jerusalem's Hebrew University told The Associated Press. He said it offers unique evidence that an advanced honey industry existed in the Holy Land at the time of the Bible. Beekeeping was widely practiced in the ancient world, where honey used for medicinal and religious purposes as well as for food, and beeswax was used to make molds for metal and to create surfaces to write on. While bees and beekeeping are depicted in ancient artwork, nothing similar to the Rehov hives has ever been found before, Mazar said[/QUOTE]Full Text At: [URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ancient_honey;_ylt=AvkNpLKB6QFCuJVAZWiOKD2s0NUE]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ancient_honey;_ylt=AvkNpLKB6Q FCuJVAZWiOKD2s0NUE[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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