Sunday, 9 September 2007

Sudden Colony Collapse disorder

Sudden Colony Collapse disorder, where honey bees desert their hives may be caused by Israeli Acute paralysis virus(IAPV) first discovered in Israel in 2004, so a study published in Science suggests.

However,no one is sure.

Irraddiating hives seems to make the bees return to a hive and solve the problem.

Spanish scientists believe that it is an Asian parasite called Nosema Cerenae,which is related to Nosema Apis.

Recently(October 2007) there has been a new outbreak in Florida,USA

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