>> I'm surprised that this topic died so quickly.
 >
 > Yes, especially since rapidly-working labor in commercial operations tend
 > to squash a lot of bees in the hives in preparation for almond 
pollination
 > (feeding, treatment, etc).  I myself am very curious!

This observation -- the fact that feeding crushed bees to colonies 
causes collapse -- is to me a very important observation.

Is anyone working on this?

It seems that pesticides, viruses, bacteria and fungi are popular 
suspects, but is anyone looking at prions?  Maybe we have BeeSE?

I also recall reports of unusual nodules or cysts having been observed 
in bees and then nothing more...

I'm out of the loop.  What is the latest on these avenues of thought?

The conventional thinking seems to get lots of money, but keeps coming 
up empty.

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