http://media.www.lugazette.com/media/storage/paper816/news/2007/12/05/News/The-
Honeybee.Hunt-3134172.shtml

Dr. Gnanambal Naidoo, an assistant professor in the department of biology at Langston, is disturbed 
by the disappearance of so many honeybees.

Naidoo said that colony numbers seen after this winter will be important to determine the extent of 
the problem.

"Based on spring 2008 scout [surveyed] bee numbers, new strategies to address CCD will become 
evident and put into action," she said. There is talk of the possible crossing of honeybees with 
Africanized bees since the latter seems to be resistant to CCD. This will be one method of raising 
colonies to replenish dwindling ones."

"If honeybee numbers continue to die at the same rates documented from 1989 to 1996, managed 
honeybees will cease to exist in the United States by 2035-completely wiping out fruit and vegetable 
production," warns Dr. May R. Berenbaum, head of the department of entomology at the University of 
Illinois.

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