http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=c827c7cb-
c3c6-4a25-8700-e5a51968855a&p=2


Mites killing Sask. honeybees
 
Michelle Martin
The StarPhoenix

Thursday, May 10, 2007


CREDIT: Richard Marjan, The StarPhoenix
Blake Rooks checks a hive of healthy bees south of Saskatoon
Trevor Rehaluk expected to hear the familiar buzz of thousands of honeybees when he checked 
his hives this spring, but most were quiet. The majority of his 1,200 hives were empty.

Rehaluk, a Nipawin-area residence, believes a persistent parasite called the varroa mite is to 
blame for the bees' disappearance.

The phenomenon is similar to colony collapse disorder, the name given to the mysterious loss of 
more than a quarter of the U.S. honeybee population. Mysterious honeybee disappearances have 
also swept Canadian provinces, particularly Ontario.

"The mites put such a large stress on the bees that they almost go crazy and they seem to leave 
the hive to get away from them," said Rehaluk, who is in the midst of unwrapping his hives in 
preparation for the summer honey flow.




This is the second media article I read this  week where the beekeeper has apperently morphed 
mites into CCD. The other article was an Illinois source I beleive. 

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