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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