Few of these 'disappearing' diseases seem terribly well documented, and I'm sure not all 'disappearing' diseases are the same.  Austrialia's Disappearing Disorder for example is a brood disease, and the adult bees are fine (http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/97comp/bee.html and http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HBE/04-152.pdf).   In there case it appears to be a nutritional problem.   Our CCD obviously isn't related, and I'm wondering how many of the other terms are describing the same condition (and cause).

Jim Tew noted report of such diseases that could be described as a disappearing disease as far back as 1915  ( http://www.beeculture.com/storycms/index.cfm?cat=Story&recordID=171 )

Unfortunately, personally I haven't seen any common thread between the losses.  My own, and smaller beekeepers I've talked to (5-100 hives), mostly don't do the things the migratory beekeepers interviewed by USDA/ARS in their preliminary report.  Many have newer comb, didn't feed HFCS, didn't treat (and some never have) with coumpaphos or fluvalinate, don't move their hives (stress), etc.

-Tim

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