> CCD remains a factor, still just a name without a proven definitive cause. The beekeeping industry in the United States of America is in a crisis that threatens our viability.

> USDA Agricultural Research Service has four bee labs; none of them has a honey bee toxicologist on staff. This deficiency has hindered USDA research with pesticides for years. We hope USDA recognizes and corrects this deficiency soon.

-- STEVE ELLIS, Remarks for the First International Conference on Pollinator Health, Biology and Policy Penn State University July 26, 2010

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> In the last four years Colony Collapse Disorder has affected honeybee colonies all across the nation, with losses ranging from 30 percent to near 100 percent in apiaries with CCD symptoms. The disorder is still not fully understood. Researchers at Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research have been investigating why CCD happens and developing ways to strengthen the pollinator population.

> Honey distributor Dutch Gold Honey and William and Kitty Gamber, of Lancaster, Pa., have each contributed $50,000 to endow a fund that will support undergraduates in the College of Agricultural Sciences. First preference for the Dutch Gold Honey and William R. Gamber II Endowment in Entomology will be given to juniors and seniors involved in honeybee research.

> "Finding solutions to the challenges facing honeybees and other pollinators will take a sustained effort over many years," said Bruce McPheron, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. "The foresight and generosity of Dutch Gold and the Gamber family embodied in this endowment will help us train the next generation of scientists who will take the lead in future research to ensure the health of pollinators and their habitat."

-- http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators

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