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I Want To Learn about CCD - Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder |
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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. |
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| The Almond and the Bee San Francisco Chronicle. Discusses the almond industry, the life of a bee broker, the bee business, and bee die-offs. |
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| Beekeeper's Life about 'Chasing the Blooms' HeraldTribune.com [Sarasota, Florida] Profiles the life and business of the last big beekeeper in Manatee County, FL. He lost 250 hives to colony collapse disorder this year. |
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| Bees and Pollination Ohio State University. Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Presents selected web resources about honey bees, beekeeping, and pollination. Includes a page of links on CCD. |
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| The Birds and the Bees: How Pollinators Help Maintain Healthy Ecosystems U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans. This 6/26/07 hearing includes testimony from Mamie Parker, FWS; Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, Heinz Center; Dr. May Berenbaum, University of Illinois; Daniel Weaver, President, American Beekeeping Association; and Dr. Kevin Hackett, National Program Leader for Bees and Pollinators, ARS. |
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| Colony Collapse Disorder Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium. Lists and links to current information sources on colony collapse disorder. |
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| Colony Collapse Disorder: A Complex Buzz USDA. Agricultural Research Service. Agricultural Research Magazine. This 5/08 article summarizes research and opinion of Agricultural Research Service bee scientists on colony collapse disorder. Work is complicated by few samples of bees before the disorder, and by the likelihood of multiple causative factors. |
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| Colony Collapse Disorder Action Plan (PDF|145.25 KB) USDA and partners. CCD Steering Committee. Discusses current and future plans for survey and data collection; analysis of samples; hypothesis-driven research; and mitigation and preventative action. Establishes research goals and priorities. Identifies new or re-emerging pathogens, pests, environmental and nutritional stresses, and pesticides as possible causative factors. |
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| Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Honey Bees Dr. Jamie Ellis. This 4/16/07 overview looks at possible causes CCD, asks how it will affect the public, lists ways to avoid it, and notes the lack of refereed publications. See also a video of Dr. Ellis. |
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| Current Research on Honeybees and CCD This link launches a search of CRIS, USDA's Current Research Information System. The results of the search are reports about ongoing and recently completed research projects conducted by or sponsored by Department-funded agencies; state agricultural experiment stations; land-grant universities; and other cooperating state institutions. |
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| Disappearing Honey Bees WAMU 88.5FM. This audio file of the Diane Rehm Show, heard on radio on 5/10/07, features Dr. Kevin Hackett of USDA, Michael Embrey, beekeeper and entomologist at the University of Maryland, and Dennis vanEngelsdorp, acting state apiarist for Pennsylvania. |
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| Genetic Survey Finds Association Between CCD and Virus USDA. ARS News Service. Reports an association between CCD and Israeli acute paralysis virus. Researchers used high-throughput sequencing and genomic libraries to identify the pathogen, which can be transmitted by varroa mite. |
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| Honey Bees in Crisis Pennsylvania State University. Presents four podcasts: Colony Collapse Disorder; Mites and Associated Diseases; Case Studies and Beekeeper Surveys; Economic Impact of CCD. Features interviews with leading scientists. |
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| Honeybee CSI: Why Dead Bodies Can't Be Found Science News. This 12/20/08 article recaps CCD situation and response. New greenhouse tests showed that bees infected with IAPV rarely died in the hive but were found throughout the greenhouse, suggesting outdoor dead bees might be scattered across the landscape. However, other possible causative factors cannot be ruled out. |
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