Culprit?
A single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae.
Why isn't this widely reported in MSM?
The are still hoping that they can come up with a link to one of their pet beliefs to blame it on. These include the usual suspects of genetically modified foods, electromagnetic radiation from high voltage transmission lines or cell towers, environmental change-related stresses (read global warming), pesticides and/or the Bush administration.
Not solved at all Nosema is merely an opportunistic infection allowed to thrive because the immune system of the bees is weak.
Its sort of like saying someone with full blown aids died of pneumonia. Yes technically yes in reality they would have never contracted it without the aids.
But the results are “highly preliminary” and are from only a few hives from Le Grand in Merced County, UCSF biochemist Joe DeRisi said. “We don’t want to give anybody the impression that this thing has been solved.”
Maybe that’s why?
But the results are "highly preliminary" and are from only a few hives from Le Grand in Merced County, UCSF biochemist Joe DeRisi said. "We don't want to give anybody the impression that this thing has been solved."
Other researchers said Wednesday that they too had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae...N. ceranae is "one of many pathogens" in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. "By itself, it is probably not the culprit … but it may be one of the key players."