Another, CCD Article

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/2007/s2064198.htm

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Honeybees may not be unwelcome tourists after all

Friday, 19/10/2007

A top US Agriculture Department researcher says Australian honeybees may 
not be the source of a virus that's killing US bee colonies.

National Program Leader for Bees and Pollination, Kevin Hackett, says his 
agency is within weeks of making a recommendation to USDA's Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service on whether to ban imports of Australian 
honeybees.
But Hackett says there is so far no firm evidence the Australian bees are 
the source of a virus, suspected of destroying a quarter of US beehives 
last winter. 
"We're looking into seeing when the virus occurred in the United States," 
he says.
"At this point, we could just as well assume that it came from the US to 
other countries, as other countries to the US."
Mr Hackett says there is today an association between the virus and so-
called Colony Collapse Disorder. 
Other countries importing the bees, including Canada, have not had the 
disease. 
Nor, has Australia.

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Best Wishes,

Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA   
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries' 
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles

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