Dennis vanEngelsdorp, apiarist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and a researcher at Penn State University, reported on colony health at the Almond Industry Conference in December. The mysterious bee disappearance may be caused by an "altruistic suicide," he said, when ailing honey bees, sensing they are carrying an infection, leave the hive and never return, to avoid spreading the disease throughout the colony.
CCD – still no smoking gun
Jan 5, 2010 11:16 AM, Almond Board of California
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