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Showing posts with label Colony Collapse Disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colony Collapse Disorder. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Business Insider weighs in on Colony Collapse Disorder
Writer Dina Spector says not so fast ... CCD can't easily be pinned on a virus/fungus combination, she writes, noting that some folks are starting to shoot holes in the theory that was espoused last week as a breakthrough. Chief amid the criticism is that one of the researchers got grant money from Bayer, which happens to manufacture many of the toxins/pesticides that also have been cited as causes of the bees' poor health.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Causes of colony collapse disorder found?
Scientists in a new report indicate a virus and fungus are not present in colonies not infected. Here's NPR's take.
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