[PapaBear3625]

Apparently they have identified the cause of the honey-bee colony collapse, “a one-two, pathogenic punch from a virus and two species of fungus,” and are working on a remedy.

This is aggravated by the bee-keeper practice of moving hives from field to field, which not only stresses the bees, it exposes them to more potential sources of infection and ensures that infected colonies spread the infecting pathogens to other fields.

[annie laurie]

This is aggravated by the bee-keeper practice of moving hives from field to field, which not only stresses the bees, it exposes them to more potential sources of infection and ensures that infected colonies spread the infecting pathogens to other fields.

DCBryan1 made a similar observation on another thread, recently. Here is a link to his post, with a short excerpt:

my hives THRIVED during the "die off". I enjoyed being next door neighbors to an OwlGore moron who thought the earth was dying because of my SUV. He just KNEW that we would be starving to death because carbon buildup had killed off all the bees......except mine and everyone in my beekeeping group.