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Bee Die-off Alarms Beekeepers, Growers & Researchers

Science Daily € ¦’· An alarming die-off of honey bees has
beekeepers fighting for commercial survival and crop growers wondering
whether bees will be available to pollinate their crops this spring and
summer. Researchers are scrambling to find answers to what's causing an
affliction recently named Colony Collapse Disorder, which has decimated
commercial beekeeping operations in Pennsylvania and across the country.

  "During the last three months of 2006, we began to receive reports from
commercial beekeepers of an alarming number of honey bee colonies dying in
the eastern United States," says Maryann Frazier, apiculture extension
associate in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. "Since the
beginning of the year, beekeepers from all over the country have been
reporting unprecedented losses."

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  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070422190612.htm