Honey Bees Colony and Collapse Disorder (CCD)

Honey bees, which are a critical link in U.S. agriculture, have been under serious pressure from a mystery problem: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which is syndrome defined as a dead colony with no adult bees or dead bee bodies but with a live queen and usually honey and immature bees still present. No scientific cause for CCD has been proven. But CCD is far from the only risk to the health of honey bees and the economic stability of commercial beekeeping and pollination operations in the United States. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's internal research agency, is leading several efforts into possible CCD causes and striving to enhance overall honey bee health by improving bee management practices, as well as studying honey bee diseases and parasites and how best to control them. Contents CCD History In October 2006, some beekeepers began reporting losses of 30-90 percent of their hives. This is not the first time that beekeepers are being faced with unexplained losses.

Coordinated responses to honey bee decline in the USA Apidologie Review article Coordinated responses to honey bee decline in the USA* Réponses coordonnées au déclin des abeilles aux États-Unis Koordinierte Antworten auf die Abnahme von Honigbienen in den USA Jeffery S. 1 USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, 476 BARC-E, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA 2 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Corresponding author: J.S. Received: 9 October 2009 Revised: 28 January 2010 Accepted: 2 February 2010 Abstract In response to successive years of high honey bee mortality, the United States Congress mandated the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase funding for research and education directed at reducing honey bee decline. Zusammenfassung Daten über imkerlich gehaltene Bienenvölker vom US amerikanischen Landwirtschaftsministerium (US Department of Agriculture, USDA) zeigen eine kontinuierliche Abnahme der Bienenvölker vom Spitzenwert von 6 Mio. in den 1940er Jahren auf 2,3 Mio. im Jahr 2008 (Abb. 1).

Death of the Bees. Genetically Modified Crops and the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America This article was originally published by Global Research in March 2008 Commercial beehives pollinate over a third of [North}America’s crops and that web of nourishment encompasses everything from fruits like peaches, apples, cherries, strawberries and more, to nuts like California almonds, 90 percent of which are helped along by the honeybees. Without this pollination, you could kiss those crops goodbye, to say nothing of the honey bees produce or the flowers they also fertilize’.1 This essay will discuss the arguments and seriousness pertaining to the massive deaths and the decline of Bee colonies in North America. As well, it will shed light on a worldwide hunger issue that will have an economical and ecological impact in the very near future. Genetically modified seeds are produced and distributed by powerful biotech conglomerates. I will argue that the media reports tend to distract public opinion from the true cause which underlies the destruction of bee colonies. Conclusion: Ho, Dr.

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology - A historical review of managed honey bee populations in Europe and the United States and the factors that may affect them 1. Introduction – the value of honey bees 2. 3. 4. Conflicts of interest References Abstract Honey bees are a highly valued resource around the world. Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Inc.