This is what we have been waiting for ....some insight into the science going on to find answers to 
CCD

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/science/24bees.html?
em&ex=1177560000&en=f5ba22e773db984a&ei=5087%0A

couple of tidbits

"More than a quarter of the country’s 2.4 million bee colonies have been lost — tens of billions of 
bees, according to an estimate from the Apiary Inspectors of America, a national group that tracks 
beekeeping"

Of course the obvious question is, is half of that loss normal winter loss? Wish we new the context 
of that statistic. 

Dr. Cox Foster is quoted extensively in the article

"Genetic testing at Columbia University has revealed the presence of multiple micro-organisms in 
bees from hives or colonies that are in decline, suggesting that something is weakening their 
immune system. The researchers have found some fungi in the affected bees that are found in 
humans whose immune systems have been suppressed by the Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome or cancer.

“That is extremely unusual,” Dr. Cox-Foster said.

A MUST read for anyone following the CCD story. 

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