[Knitting A Conundrum]

From the Mid Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium

(MAAREC, established in 1997, is a regional group focused on addressing the pest management crisis facing the beekeeping industry in the Mid-Atlantic Region. A task force has been established with representation from the departments of agriculture, state beekeeping organizations, and land-grant universities from each of the following states: New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Also participating in the task force is a representative of the USDA/ARS (Beltsville Bee Lab, MD).)

http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/ColonyCollapseDisorder.html

Colony Collapse Disorder

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the name that has been given to the latest, and what seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies across the country. It is characterized by, sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees in/in front of the dead-outs. Honey and bee bread are usually present and there is often evidence of recent brood rearing. In some cases, the queen and a small number of survivor bees may be present in the brood nest. It is also characterized by delayed robbing and slower than normal invasion by common pests such as wax moth and small hive beetles.

New! Summary of Research on the Non-target Effects of Bt Corn Pollen on Honeybees (3/28/2007)

CCD Working Group Summary of Purpose and Responsibility
 
Fall Dwindle Disease (Now renamed Colony Collapse Disorder) Preliminary Report

Map of U.S. States Reporting Colony Collapse Disorder

New! CCD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (3/2007)

New! Tentative Recommendations for Hives Experiencing CCD (3/9/2007)

Fall Dwindle Disease talk - Austin, Texas (2/07)

CCD Podcast: listen online by selecting "Browse all of Honey Bees in Crisis", and then click on "Colony Collapse Disorder". Or subscribe to the RSS feed for iTunes.

How beekeepers can help:

Complete the survey found at www.beesurvey.com

Colony Collapse Disorder Press Release (1/30/2007)

[vox humana]

Thank you for posting the Colony Collapse Disorder links.

You are to be commended for doing your research, unlike some FReepers at the beginning of this thread who thought CCD was just MSM propaganda.

I don't know why so many FReepers make these BS posts when they know NOTHING about a subject.

[Nuc1]

Very interesting. Thanks so much for posting.

[spunkets]

THanks for the links. Looks like AIDs for bees. They pathology reports list the presence of various and numerous diseases. Mites isn't a commonality. The native bees here in W WI hava been disappearing for some time. I noticed 3, or 4 years ago, the sweat bees disappeared. They used to drive me crazy, then they suddenly disappeared. Do you keep bees?

[OB1kNOb]

Excellent info. Thanks for posting. Although I don't raise bees, I do garden (vegetable and flower) extensively and have noticed in the past 2-3 years a dramatic decrease in the number of honey bees I see. 2006 particularly. I likely saw less than 6 honey bees working in my gardens the entire spring-summer-fall. I saw plenteous miner bees, but honey bees were practically nonexistent. Pesticides are not used anywhere near me, so it's not from that cause. At least I now know it's not just my imagination.