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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_U57YYHnBQl3tW9qI5Vx5vg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Some experts in the honeybee realm feel that a possible explanation for hive collapse might be the Small Hive Beetle Aethina tumida. This European import was first discovered in Florida in 1998. The larvae and adults damage comb, honey and pollen. While in the colony, they release a yeast which lives on honey. The yeast releases a pheromone which attracts more beetles. In sufficient numbers the beetle overwhelm the bees' ability to cope and the bees simply flee. There was a segment on the CBC science programme Quirks and Quarks last month on this beetle, and you can find it, along with lots of background material, here: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/may12.html There was also a very interesting article in the web publication The Straight Dope, which you can find here: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvanishingbees.htm . The author, an entomologist, maintains that the media may be exaggerating the numbers, that colony collapse is not a new phenomenon, and that except for the affected beekeepers, we're not at the catastrophic stage yet. Finally, there's a good article in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder Regards Peter Payzant --Boundary_(ID_U57YYHnBQl3tW9qI5Vx5vg) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""> <DIV>Some experts in the honeybee realm feel that a possible explanation for hive collapse might be the Small Hive Beetle <EM>Aethina tumida.</EM> This European import was first discovered in Florida in 1998. The larvae and adults damage comb, honey and pollen. While in the colony, they release a yeast which lives on honey. The yeast releases a pheromone which attracts more beetles. In sufficient numbers the beetle overwhelm the bees' ability to cope and the bees simply flee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There was a segment on the CBC science programme Quirks and Quarks last month on this beetle, and you can find it, along with lots of background material, here: <A href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/may12.html">http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/may12.html</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There was also a very interesting article in the web publication The Straight Dope, which you can find here: <A href="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvanishingbees.htm">http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvanishingbees.htm</A> . The author, an entomologist, maintains that the media may be exaggerating the numbers, that colony collapse is not a new phenomenon, and that except for the affected beekeepers, we're not at the catastrophic stage yet. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Finally, there's a good article in Wikipedia: <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Peter Payzant</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML></FONT></FONT> --Boundary_(ID_U57YYHnBQl3tW9qI5Vx5vg)--
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