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    Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter.

    The decline of the country's estimated 2.4 million beehives began in 2006, when a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD) led to the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of colonies.


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    No way it's linked in any way to sprayer planes, or boom sprayers, or chemical runoff...

    It's a good idea to spray your garden late in the evening after the bees go to sleep.
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    Hmm,, We Have crop dusters here and we have lots of bees,, There are commercial Hives as well near the fields,, Either the dont spray during the spring or it doesn't hurt them ?

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    While there are still many theories as to what is causing Colony Collapse Disorder, it is only affecting managed hives. Feral, or wild colonies are not suffering the same disorder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    While there are still many theories as to what is causing Colony Collapse Disorder, it is only affecting managed hives. Feral, or wild colonies are not suffering the same disorder.
    well Thats Kinda weird ,, ?? must be inbreeding ? lol

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    If I, or somebody else knew what the cause was - I/they would be wealthy.
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    I'll bet there are many people working on it

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    They have been for several years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    well Thats Kinda weird ,, ?? must be inbreeding ? lol
    Why does it have to be the southerners fault? That's just......oh, wait.....you meant.........nevermind.
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    Its Interesting,

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    [I][/IThe cause or causes of the syndrome are not yet fully understood, although many authorities attribute the problem to biotic factors such as Varroa mites and insect diseases (i.e., pathogens[7] including Nosema apis and Israel acute paralysis virus).[8][9] Other proposed causes include environmental change-related stresses,[10] malnutrition and pesticides (e.g. neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid), and migratory beekeeping. More speculative possibilities have included both cell phone radiation and genetically modified (GM) crops with pest control characteristics,[11][12] though no evidence exists for either assertion. It has also been suggested that it may be due to a combination of many factors and that no single factor is the cause.[13][14][15]
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    We saw a problem here last year. Everyone thought it was Varroa mites. I thought it was Varroa mite nots.
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    I bet the managed hives are having a hard time recruiting "new-bees".

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