Bob Harrison  wrote:


>"Among toxicants , one of the primary suspects behind CCD is the
insecticide imidacloprid explains Jerry Hayes"

from the same article:

> Hayes, believes, however, that CCD probably has more than one cause. The
poor nutrition that comes from eating only one type of pollen, such as that
on almond trees, for several weeks at a time; the artificial diet of sugar
syrup given to boost bee populations early in the growing season; the
antibiotics administered to sick bees; and the stress of traveling are also
part of the mix, he says. 

> "One of the confusing and frustrating things about CCD is that there are
some tantalizing tidbits out there, but all of the collapsed hives don't
seem to share a single common factor that could cause the problem," he notes.

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