...scientists around the country are investigating several possible causes, including pesticides, viruses, genetically modified crops and even cell phones, Amrine said he is certain that at least 70 percent of the CCD is caused by tiny mites, roughly the size of a sesame seed, and the pathogens they carry.
(James) Amrine, an entomologist in WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, and one of the nation’s foremost acarologists (mite specialist), bases that estimate on the research he has been doing on the bees since 1996.
The ongoing CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) problem escalated in November 2006 and seems to have spread to 27 states and Brazil, Canada and many parts of Europe.
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Posted by Stubbornson at June 19, 2007 04:49 PM