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April 7, 2007
A bee crisis
Christian Science Monitor: What's happening to the bees. Several stories this year on disappearing bee colonies. The experts call it "colony collapse disorder" CCD and they site several possible reasons including: an Asian mite, the stress on the bees of shipping colonies around the country, and environmental issues, such as pesticides.
Also NY Times: Mystery Disease Is Threat to Bee Colonies-- Reports of unusual colony deaths have come from at least 22 states. Some commercial beekeepers have reported losing more than 50 percent of their bees.
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