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Honey bees are essential for production of over 90 food crops. In 2006, for unknown reasons, honey bee colonies suddenly began to die across the U.S. The losses threaten the honey and pollination industries, and researchers are looking for causes and remedies.

Protecting Honey Bees from Chemical Pesticides (PDF|80.51 KB)
Penn State. Cooperative Extension and Outreach.
This paper by Maryann Frazier discusses neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid and clothianidin, which EPA identifies as highly toxic to honey bees, and notes concerns about neonicotinoid use with fungicides. Includes recommendations for growers.

Questions and Answers: Colony Collapse Disorder
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Answers questions about the importance of honey bees and their role in food production; describes theories and precedents of CCD. Discusses what USDA's Agricultural Research Service is doing about CCD.

Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines: CRS Report for Congress
Congressional Research Service.
Examines the economic importance of honey bee pollination, discusses the extent, symptoms, and possible causes of colony collapse disorder, and notes past Congressional involvement with honey bees.

Scientific References on CCD
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) Article Citation Database for articles on colony collapse disorder.

Scientists Find Clue in Mystery of the Vanishing Bees
CNN.com
Discusses how bees in Australia are immune to Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus and how Australia had no cases of CCD.

Season of Hope
Los Angeles Times.
This 3/26/08 newspaper article discusses almond producers' dependence on bees, beekeeper losses to CCD, and increased costs of pollination.

Status of Pollinators in North America
National Research Council. Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America.
This book from the National Academies Press presents the role, importance, and status of pollinators; causes of decline and potential threats; effects of variations in pollinator populations on pollination services; monitoring and maintaining pollinators and pollination services; findings and recommendations. Book can be purchased online; executive summary can be downloaded free.

Stung: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
The New Yorker.
This August 6, 2007 article discusses colony collapse disorder and recounts the author's experience in beginning beekeeping. There is also an interview with the author at http://downloads.newyorker.com/mp3/070806on_audio_kolbert.mp3.

To Bee or Not to Bee: Bee Populations Decline across Nation
Golden Gate [X]Press.
Discusses the Great Sunflower Project, which has close to 25,000 participants across the U.S. and Canada. Participants are asked to monitor their sunflower plants for 30 minutes twice a month, noting which type of bee lands on the flower and how long it takes for the first five to arrive.

To Review the Status of Pollinator Health including Colony Collapse Disorder: Public Hearing
U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Includes testimony from USDA ARS Administrator Dr. E. Knipling as well as from working scientists, beekeepers, industry representatives, and the Pollinator Partnership organization. Scroll down to June 26, 2008 for these statements.

UCSF Sleuths Identify Suspects in Mystery of Vanishing Honeybees
UCSF Today.
Reports that scientists have identified two suspects in CCD: the fungus Nosema ceranae and a virus from the genus Iflavirus.

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