Those Crazy Bees (Part 2)
Because we always endeavor to follow up, it looks like scientists are starting to shed some light on the whole missing bees phenomenon.
The mystery illness that has bedeviled U.S. beekeepers since 2006 may stem from a bee virus that apparently spread to the U.S. from Australia three years ago, according to a new study that marks the first big break in the puzzling case of the disappearing bees. Researchers performed a sophisticated genetic comparison of healthy and diseased U.S. colonies that revealed the presence of Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV), an obscure but lethal bee bug, in almost all beekeeping operations affected by “colony collapse disorder” (CCD), but in only a single healthy one they examined.
Nathan was thinking green at 8:15 AM on September 10, 2007
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