Colony Collapse Disorder

- Scientific research is ongoing attempting to find solutions Colony Collapse Disorder http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2009/...
- Honeybee dissappearances have ocoured before in the 1880s, 1920s and the 1960s. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?do...
- U.S. managed honeybee hives have decreased from 5 million in 1940 to 2.5 million today. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?do...
- At least 118 different species of fruit, vegetables, nuts and legumes are at least in part pollinated by honey bees worldwide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cro...

Colony Collapse Disorder is a mass dying off of worker bees from a hive. This disorder prevents the bees from natural pollination efforts as well as inflicting severe losses in commercial honey bee pollination efforts. The cause is currently unknown. C.C.D. has been reported in 27 states in the United States as well as Poland, Switzerland, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Indiahttp://pollinators.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=850&&PageID=3656&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true<ref>
The United States Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vislack has declared August 22nd National Honey Bee Awareness Day to raise awareness of the important role honey bees play in agriculture in the United states and around the world.http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/08/0394.xml<ref>
Valuable Honeybee Pollination

Billions of dollars of crops from over 100 different plants are pollinated by honeybees both naturally and from commercial beekeepers. Almonds, Apples, and Blueberries are pollinated at or near 100% by honeybees.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees <ref>
Genetic Damage May be the Cause

Genetic differences between C.C.D. infected honey bees and uninfected ones have provided an alternate theory to the cause of C.C.D.. Pesticide usage is still considered as a possible cause but the new theory is that genetic damage caused by infection with multiple viruses has caused genetic damage to the honey bees making them unable to fight additional onslaughts of toxins or infections either man-made or natural.http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/aug/Bee-Gene-Damage-May-Be-Cause-of-Colony-Collapse-Disorder.html<ref>
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Featured Video: Vanishing of the Bees

This new movie ''The Vanishing of the Bees'' is set to be released in November. ?The film draws conclusions attempting to connect ''Colony Collapse Disorder" with the formation and usage of pesticides in the middle portion of this decade.

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buddawiggi added a comment October 01, 2009 01:08 PM
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What do you think? Could it be a natural process? Or has man interfered with the bees to an extent that we have changed the course of agricultural history?

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