[pandoraou812]

ping

[I_like_good_things_too]

The Joooooooos did it?

[martin_fierro]

You mean it's not cellphones?

[Issaquahking]

Bee ping

[SampleMan]

The media “solved it” along time ago. Within moments of the story breaking originally, they had already attributed it to global warming.

[NittanyLion]

"Knowing the group out of Penn State, I knew they were evaluating this big database, so this is interesting," Pellitteri said. "They are not saying it is nailed down, but it has a lot more validity than some of the other theories that have not held up. I can see why they are publishing on it, because this virus does look like a pretty suspicious factor."

Penn Staters, once again leading the way to a better world. No need to thank us, folks. We do this for fun. ;-)

[SunkenCiv]

The tough part is inserting the tiny little IVs.

[reg45]

I thought it was caused by George Bush’s cell phone.

[Tainan]

I wish the researcher all the best. Bees are unbelievably important to our eco-system. Plus they provide with several very good and healthy products along the way.

[bert]

Last week, I threw away my excess frame parts. I’m down to one empty hive with a brood chamber and 3 supers.

There used to be many swarms available in the spring to repopulate dead colonies but there have been none in years.

[Daffynition]

Seriously, thanks for posting this. This could be the critical break through. :-D

[SunkenCiv]

But still no clue in sight for the A disease.

Sorry, I’ve been in the topic before, but up it popped in the active list, soooo...

[Reaganesque]

And the Bee-American community breathes a sigh of relief.

[bert]

For sale......

Extractor with hot knife
unassembled super frames
Wax foundation..... brood chamber and supersize

[nicmarlo]

I've been wondering what the status was on this...I know someone who has speculated that the collapse is likely related to pesticides.....looks like this article is suggesting (very mildly, of course) that pesticide exposure could well be one of the stressors.

I have no doubt it likely is more than due to pesticide exposure and make that statement in no MILD terms. Of course, when and if they reach that conclusion, the pesticide companies will make outrageous claims, vilify the scientists and/or their purpose and/or gin up something to counter their conclusions.

[punster]

Originally, they thought the bee die-off was thought to be due to alcohol poisoning. The researchers were of the opinion the bees had a drinking problem, because the bees were so fond of stingers. :-)

[ApplegateRanch]

I notice that they found this virus in half of the Chinese royal jelly samples.

Wasn't there another article posted a few months ago, concerning French hives having the same problem?

IIRC, it mentioned a Far East Asian bee virus, that Asian bees were acclimated to, but that was deadly to Western bees in vitro. The culprit was very closely related, genetically, to a virus Western bees are pretty much immune to.

We don't keep bees, but we do have apple blossoms & clovers, and a growing shortage of pollinators.