For those who have no wish to improve their Spanish,
there is have "google translation".
No claim that this is CCD-related.

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ALICANTE/the syndrome of the abandonment affected 120,000 beehives of the
Community

The syndrome of the despoblamiento that affects to the beekeeping world-wide
level caused the death of more than 1,000 million bees.

This syndrome had a negative repercussion in 120,000 beehives in the
Valencian Community during last the three years, according to it indicates
the Union of Farmers and Cattle (Coordinating of Organizations of
Agriculturists and Cattle dealers).

Union, worried because the rate of loss of life of bees has risen to a 50%,
took samples during the last months to collaborate in projects with the
purpose of deciphering the origin of this massive despoblamiento.

Although the causes of this syndrome are not clear, it is associated to them
to two types. On the one hand, are the sanitary reasons (virosis, nosemosis,
varrosis) and, by another one, the environmental-productive ones (adverse
climate, use of fitosanitarios, deficiencies of honey and polen).

The continuous climatic changes and the drought could act like detonating of
a general decay of the beehives.

In addition, in the Valencian Community another cause is added: the one of
decrees to limit the polinización crossed in plantations of citruses.

The European Union recognizes within the framework that the beekeeping is
essential for our environment and that straight must own to be including
within the new Program of support to Rural Development 2007-2013, of the
agroambientales measures.

For this reason, Union hopes that the Conselleria de Agricultura makes
specific its proposal of directed aids to the sector as they already have
other independent communities with certain apicultural relevance.

The Union trusts that the Generalitat guarantees the viability and beginning
of the commitments acquired in the matter of agroambientales aids since the
situation is very serious.

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