> CCD is thought to be caused by Chinese melamine in bee feed

Someone is misreading or mangling a factual AP news item.
Beltsville did run a test or three, just because it was easy to do.

AP ran the item, so it could run in many newspapers.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/7566772.ht
ml

Jeff's work in this area is clearly a mere formality. There is no way
that 
all beekeepers affected would have bought the same "pollen supplement"
without this being noticed in the initial round of fact gathering, 
and HFCS would never contain additives like wheat, now would it?

I'm still annoyed that the FDA has the time and budget to investigate 
dog and cat deaths, but not to investigate unexplained bee colony
losses.
http://tinyurl.com/2slftt

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